[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 55 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E663]
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           CONGRATULATIONS TO CORNELL IRON WORKS ON EXPANSION

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 27, 2001

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Cornell 
Iron Works, an outstanding company that has been in existence since 
1828. Cornell, which moved to Northeastern Pennsylvania in 1965, began 
operations at its new, larger plant last month.
  In 1997, I was proud to present Cornell's management with the Family 
Business of the Year award from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for 
companies with 50 to 250 employees, and I am pleased to congratulate 
Cornell on its recent expansion. I am also pleased to note that a major 
reason the company chose to expand in Northeastern Pennsylvania rather 
than move is its dedicated, quality workforce.
  The new plant is dedicated to Milton Keen Cornell, president of the 
company from 1969 to 1997 and father of current president Andrew 
Cornell.
  Cornell Iron Works is a quintessential American success story. George 
Cornell and Samuel B. Althause founded the company in 1828 in New York 
City. Over the years, the company grew and prospered, thanks in part to 
patents secured by John Black Cornell for innovations such as a 
metallic surface for fireproof partitions that would support plaster, 
which enabled the construction of high-rise fireproof buildings.
  The company has contributed to landmark American projects by 
providing such items as circular stairs and ironwork for the Brooklyn 
Bridge, the iron base and stairways for the Statue of Liberty, and 
8,000 tons of structural steel work for the Park Row Building in New 
York in 1898, at the time the tallest building in the world. In 1911, 
Cornell began producing rolling door products, which now forms a large 
part of its business.
  In 1965, the success of the company required it to move to 
Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, where it expanded further by buying an 
adjacent building. This year, Cornell has expanded yet again, from a 
total of 140,000 square feet at its two former buildings to 190,000 
square feet at its new plant. And I have no doubt that the company is 
capable of meeting its goals to expand even further.
  I would like to close by calling attention to the fact that Cornell 
Iron Works was recently named one of the Best Places to Work in 
Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to congratulate Cornell Iron Works and its 
employees on their decades of success, and I wish them all the best in 
the future.

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