Industrial Art Pieces and Related History

Tom Thumb, the first steam-powered locomotive is constructed

Jan 1, 1830

The Pennsylvania Railroad

Jan 1, 1846

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is founded in 1846.

Influx of immigrants to America during the rise of Industrial America

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Jan 1, 1900

The world’s first modern skyscraper, The Home Insurance Building, is built in Chicago

Jan 1, 1885

Influx of immigrants to America during the rise of Industrial America

Jan 1, 1900

United States Steel Corporation is founded

Jan 1, 1901

Construction of the Penn Station

Period: Jan 1, 1903 to Jan 1, 1910

The Penn Station is constructed.

Excavation at Night by George Bellows

Jan 1, 1908

Excavation at Night is finished in 1908.

The Penn Station opens

Jan 1, 1910

Construction of the Penn Station Ends

Ford releases the Model A

Jan 1, 1927

The Great Depression begins

Jan 1, 1929

Locomotive and Factory by Salvatore Pinto

Jan 1, 1930

The Steel Mill by Thomas Hart Benton

Jan 1, 1930

Penn Station is demolished.

Jan 1, 1963

The aboveground portions of Penn Station are demolished.