Vanadium Corporation of America explained

The Vanadium Corporation of America was a commercial producer of vanadium, a transition metal and a strengthening additive for steel. The company was founded in 1906 by Joseph M. Flannery and was headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1] The company operated several vanadium mines in multiple countries, including Peru. The raw material was converted into a ferroalloy at its plant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.^{[2] [3]}

By 1914, it was estimated that 75 percent of the world's vanadium ore production came from the American vanadium mine in Minas Ragra, Peru, making it one of the largest producers of the element in the world.^[4]

In August 1916, James J. Flannery sold the company but remained chairman of the board. J. Leonard Replogle headed the syndicate that took over the company and became president of the new firm, which retained its original name.^[5]

In 1919, the company acquired the Primos Chemical Company.^[6]

External links

• Book: Bill Albert. Paul Henderson. South America and the First World War: The Impact of the War on Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile. 4 July 2002. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-52685-2. 112–.
• Book: American Vanadium Facts: A Journal of the Industrial Application of Vanadium, Through the Use of Ferro-vanadium .... 1914. American Vanadium Company. 19–.
• Web site: Vanadium Corporation of America Photograph Collection. Science History Institute Digital Collections (Photographs and ephemera documenting the facilities and activities of the Vanadium Corporation of America from 1911 to 1976 freely available for download in a variety of formats).
• The Vanadium Corporation of America and Its Predecessor, The American Vanadium Company. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 17. 3. 1925. 321–322. 0019-7866. 10.1021/ie50183a047.
• Web site: Vanadium Rails. 1914. Pittsburgh.
• Lindgren W. Melanovanadite, A New Mineral from Mina Ragra, Pasco, Peru. . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 1921 . 7 . 8 . 249–51 . 16576601 . 10.1073/pnas.7.8.249. 1084863 . 1921PNAS....7..249L . free .
• Book: Bridgeville (Pa.). Historical Book Committee. Bridging the Years: Bridgeville's Golden Jubilee, 1901-1951; July 15th-22nd. Mammoth Pageant Spectacle Progra with Historical Progress of Bridgeville. 1951. Historical Book Committee.
• United States Congressional serial set. 5550. Serial Number Set. 1817.
• Book: Bruce Raphael. King Energy: The Rise and Fall of an Industrial Empire Gone Awry. 12 May 2000. iUniverse. 978-0-595-00427-0. 210–.
• Book: Gerald D. Nash. The Federal Landscape: An Economic History of the Twentieth-century West. 1999. University of Arizona Press. 978-0-8165-1988-0. 82–.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Rocks at the Top of the World. 2012-06-08.
2. Web site: American Vanadium Company plant in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania.
3. Book: Oyler, John F.. Bridgeville Area Historical Society. Bridgeville. 29 March 2010. Arcadia Publishing. 978-1-4396-2355-8. 66–.
4. Fischer. Siegfried. Uranium and Vanadium . 1914 . Early Publications of the Lehigh Faculty . Paper 293 . 773–777.
5. Web site: U. S. Vanadium Development Co..
6. Web site: Primos Chemical Company facilities in Lakewood, Colorado.