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| | ALFRED KRUPP - LoveToKnow Article on ALFRED KRUPP |
 | | His father, Friedrich Krupp (1787-1826), had purchased a small forge in that town about 1810, and devoted himself to the problem of manufacturing cast steel; but though that product was put on the market by him in 1815, it commanded but little sale, and the firm was far from prosperous. |
 | | After his death the works were carried on by his widow, and Alfred, as the eldest son, found himself obliged, a boy of fourteen, to leave school and undertake their direction. |
 | | Alfred Krupp, who was known as the " Cannon King," died at Essen on the i4th of July 1887, and was succeeded by his only son, Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854-1902), who was born at Essen on the i7th of February 1854. |
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