The story
Founded by Peter Kirk.1
Private company
Great Western Iron and Steel Company
American company
The Great Western Iron and Steel Company was a company founded in the 1890s in Kirkland, Washington Territory by the city's namesake Peter Kirk to build an integrated smelter and steel mill to refine local ore into steel for rails and other purposes. If the enterprise had proceeded as Kirk and other investors envisioned, it would have held a "practical monopoly of the entire Pacific Coast" steel production.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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The Great Western Iron and Steel Company was a company founded in the 1890s in Kirkland, Washington Territory by the city's namesake Peter Kirk to build an integrated smelter and steel mill to refine local ore into steel for rails and other purposes. If the enterprise had proceeded as Kirk and other investors envisioned, it would have held a "practical monopoly of the entire Pacific Coast" steel production.2
Leadership
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- FounderPeter Kirk1
Links
- WikipediaGreat Western Iron and Steel Company
- WikidataQ16891853
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