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The Atlanta Machine Works was early Atlanta's first foundry and metal fabrication company. in 1848, Austin Leyden together with Robert Findlay and others established a foundry, amassed a fortune and eventually sold the company, called A. Leyden & Co., in 1853 to a business partner. Thereafter it became known as the Atlanta Machine Works and went on to play a central role in the Civil War, producing weaponry and other goods for the Confederacy. The foundry was located at the northwest corner of Hunter (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) and King streets,〔(''Cotton, Fire, and Dreams'', Robert Scott Davis, p.63 )〕〔(''History of Atlanta, Georgia: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches'', Wallace Putnam Reed (ed.), pp.457-458 (print pagination) )〕 now occupied by a larger industrial site only from the Georgia State Capitol. Between August and December, 1863, the firm delivered 2323 rounds of shot and shell to the Confederate Atlanta Arsenal. 〔Record of Receipts and Deliveries, Atlanta Arsenal, Chap. 4, Vol. 88, R.G. 109 as referenced on (civilwarartillery.com )〕 At that time the plant employed seventeen men of military age. One source states that cannon were produced here and rifled at the roundhouse of the Western & Atlantic Railroad.〔Stephen Mitchell,''Atlanta, the Industrial Heart of the Confederacy'', The Atlanta Historical Bulletin (May, 1930, 23.) as referenced on (civilwarartillery.com )〕 The name of the company owning the Works changed several times; one name was Porter & Davis. By the turn of the 20th century, the Atlanta Machine Works was producing agrictultural and mining equipment as well as mills.〔(''Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City ..., Volume 2'', Thomas H. Martin, p.384 )〕 ==External links== *(Envelope imprinted with logo of Atlanta Machine Works ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Atlanta Machine Works」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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