Mill Record Hartford
RETURN TO ‘FIND MILLS’Disclaimer: Content for these properties was compiled in 2014-2017 from a variety of sources and is subject to change. Updates are occasionally made under Property Information, however the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation (dba Preservation Connecticut) makes no representation or warranty that the information is complete or up-to-date.
- Complex Name (Common)
- Harsco Corp.
- Complex Name (Historic)
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- Connecticut Electric Steel Co.
- Hartford Electric Steel Co.
- Address or Location
- 540 Flatbush Avenue, Hartford
- County
- Hartford
- Historic Designation
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- Associated Mill Community
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- Historic Information
Companies Associated w/Complex
- Connecticut Electric Steel Co. c.1918
- Hartford Electric Steel Co. c.1940
- New England Alloy Casting c.1960-1980
- Harsco Corp c.1980-present
Use (Historic)
Largest Documented Workforce
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Historic Narrative
Manufacturers of Steel Castings According to a 2014 Technical Memorandum Identification of Vacant Historic Industrial Properties by AHS: Last used by the Patent Construction Systems division of Harsco Corporation, this complex has its origins in the World War I period, when Hartford’s metalworking sector was undergoing rapid expansion. The Connecticut Electric Steel Company built a foundry for tool steel and other specialty-steel products at the Flatbush Avenue railroad crossing, first occupying some small buildings no longer extant and then adding the large steel-framed foundry building that still stands. Later occupied by the Hartford Electric Steel Corporation, the complex’s one-story brick part was built for offices ca.1960. The “Electric” in the two names refers to the use of electric furnaces to make steel, an advanced technology for the day. Perhaps not an immediately obvious candidate for National Register listing, this complex’s remaining portions are mostly more than 50 years old and have important historical associations with Hartford’s industrial past, particularly the city’s tremendous industrial expansion in the World War I period. Hartford Electric Steel remained in business into the 1950s. In the 1960s and 1970s, the plant was occupied by New England Alloy Casting.
- Architectural Information
Number of Existing Buildings
Two blocks
Dates of Construction
c.1918, c.1960
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Building Type
Architectural Description
Large gambrel roof steel-framed, steel-sided manufacturing building c.1918; one story brick addition c.1960
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