Independent Iron Works

Independent Iron Works (IIW) was an Oakland, California headquartered steel fabricator founded in the 1920s by William G. Meagher from Port Angeles, Washington, later co-owned with Henry F. Gede, of Oakland.Board of Port Commissioners, City of Oakland, Res. No. 5439, 6 May 1940, www.portofoakland.com/pdf/board/1940_resolutions.pdf Secondary facilities were located in Los Angeles, California.

Contracts Important contracts included girders for the James Lick Freeway in San Francisco, California, bridges along the Northern California Coast, and the Union Oil Building in Los Angeles, California.

Legal contests IIW took several legal contests with United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel to US Federal Court over completive practices.Independent Iron Works, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp., 322 F.2d 656 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 922, 84 S.Ct. 267, 11 L.Ed.2d 165 (1963)

Sale After a sale in 1958, the major facilities came under the ownership of Phoenix Iron Works. The latter firm's name can be found on many roadway manhole covers in California.

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