Monday, October 31, 2016

P&W Industries, Origins and Growth

In 1972 Pathways Magazine ran a lengthy article about one of Covington's largest industries, P&W Industries. The salvage steel recycling plant was located on Jefferson Avenue where the new courthouse is today. In the years since this article appeared, the company has moved to La. Hwy. 59 south of Abita Springs.

Click on the image of article below, as well as the photographs, for a larger version. 








Jeff Schoen, Mark Schoen and Glenn Warner stand near a pile of scrap at P&W Industries in June of 1974.