K K N T IJ C K Y 



Locaiiiolve and Machine Works 



CovinctfHi, Ky. 



WOLFF, SCOTT <fe FINCK, 



MANUFACTURERS OK 



Locomotives & all kinds of Railroad 

 Rolling Stock. 



ALSO 



Stationary /fe ]tlarfne Fng^ines. 



ALL KINDS OF BOILER AND FOUNDRY 



WORK. 

 iHCih 28 '57 ly. 



Figure 56. — Advertisement Appearing in the Covitigton 

 Journal of March 20, 1858. 



to be creditors, it may have been that the suit was for foreclosure, 

 since the assets of the works, including the property, machinery, 

 and unfinished work, were to be sold at auction on January ig, 

 1856. 



Earlier, on December 22, 1855, the Covington Journal had stated 

 that A. D. Powell of Cincinnati, one of Greer's former partners, 

 had purchased the plant for Si 00,000. This transaction failed to 

 materialize, however, and the public auction remained set for 

 January 1856. The results of the auction are in question since in 

 the only known files of Covington papers the issues for January 

 20-25 ^^^ missing. It is safe to assume that the plant remained 

 idle for over a year. 



Daniel Wolff' and several associates purchased the plant, according 

 to a report in the Railroad Advocate of February 14, 1857. WolfT 

 operated the prosperous Newport Rolling Mill and as early as 1853 

 had manufactured locomotive tires for Niles and Moore & Rich- 

 ardson, i"^ The new proprietors, Wolff', Scott, and Finck, were to 

 reopen the "long closed" works soon and were presently putting 



^''^ Aynerican Railroad Journal (October 15, 1853), vol. 9, p. 666. 



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