Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American businessman
Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1824
Place of Birth: Claysville, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 19-May-1903
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist)
- Benjamin Franklin Jones, Sr.
- (August 8, 1824 – May 19, 1903) was a pioneer of the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh.
- Originally involved in the river barge industry, he purchased a share in American Iron Works in 1851, along with Bernard Lauth.
- He later joined with James H.
- Laughlin to form Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, a steel mill heavily dependent on river transportation.
- The B.F.
- Jones Memorial Library in Aliquippa Pennsylvania, the site of J&L Steel's Aliquippa Works, was built in his honor with funds donated by his daughter.
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