Stewart Iron Works

It is currently owned by the HGC Group of Companies but was originally established by the Scottish American Stewart family.

[5] As an iron supplier to many major American institutions, Stewart's supplied gates and fences for the Panama Canal, the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., the Taft Museum,[3] as well as the entrance gates to the White House, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, and the U.S. House of Representatives,[4] The steel cell blocks manufactured in the 1930s for Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and Sing Sing were made by Stewart.

[7] In 1862, Richard C. Stewart (1829–1906) opened a shop in Covington which built iron fences; it was located on 8th Street near Madison Avenue.

[8] The company won the grand prize and gold medal in construction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.

After Milburn purchased Stewart's fence division from Pott Industries, he moved the company in 1983 to Erlanger, Kentucky.

[1] A recent manufacturing venture of the company is the Scioto Mile which was installed as a notable landmark in the river front of downtown Columbus, Ohio.

The special feature of this project is the "blossom" fountain system which has 96 individual stainless tubes fitted over an oval shaped base plate.

It continues to build handmade American products for landmarks, residences, parks, and attractions across the United States.