William H. Warrington (1846-1922), the major investor and manager of Vulcan Iron Works until his death, at which time the direction passed to his brother James. Of the three sons of Henry Warrington, he was without a doubt the best businessman, but occasionally things did not go according to plan, as was the case with Raymond Concrete Pile Company.

The Vulcan #1 hammer at the North Bell Avenue facility.

Below, an inside view of the plant. Some of the machinery continued to do service until Cari directed the liquidation at auction of virtually all of Vulcan's plant machinery in 1998. Even with a regular product line, Vulcan's production remained very much a "job shop" affair, both here and in Chattanooga.

Below: the first evidence of the "new shop," an advertisement for steam shovel repairs in the 1894 edition of Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work by E.A. Hermann. Vulcan's narrow focus for most of the twentieth century on pile driving equipment makes it easy to forget that, especially before World War I, Vulcan performed a wide variety of work, such as this, bridge and dam parts, various projects for the military and other endeavours.

It's interesting to note that Hermann's book was published by Engineering News Publishing Co., the same organisation whose name was attached to the dynamic formula Vulcan used in its literature for many years.

Shown below is the facility, both from the railroad yard it abuts and the street. The lower photo was taken in 1952, the same year as the centennial celebration.