Directory to the iron and steel works of the United States.

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About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at |http : //books . google . com/| V 9^' iX' - - if ( . \^ - !. V- 1 7"^ / DIRECTORY TO THE IRON AND STEEL WORKS OF THE UNITED STATES. EMBRACING A FULL LIST OF THE BLAST FURNACES, ROLLING MILLS, STEEL WORKS, TINPLATE WORKS, AND FORGES AND BLOOMARIES IN THE UNITED STATES; ALSO OF ALL THE CUT -NAIL WORKS, ROD MILLS, WIRE -NAIL WORKS, WIRE MILLS, CAR-AXLE WORKS, CAR-WHEEL WORKS, CAR-BUILDERS, LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, CAST-IRON PIPE WORKS, AND WROUGHT-IRON PIPE WORKS. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COMPLETE LIST OF THE IRON AND STEEL WORKS OF CANADA AND MEXICO. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION. ELEVENTH EDITION. CORRECTED TO FEBRUARY, 1892. PHILADELPHIA: THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, No. 261 South Fourth Street. 1892. Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1892, BY THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Printed by ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT, Nos. 229-231-233 South Firth Street, Philadelphia. \ \ CONTENTS. BLAST FURNACES. PAGE Maine, 1 Massachusetts, 1 Connecticut, 2 New York, 3 New Jersey, 7 Pennsylvania — Lehigh Valley, 9 Schuylkill Valley, .... 13 Upper Susquehanna, ... 16 Lower Susquehanna, ... 17 Juniata Valley, 20 Shenango Valley, 22 Allegheny County, .... 24 Miscellaneous Coke, .... 26 Charcoal, 28 Maryland, 30 Virginia, 31 West Virginia, 37 Kentucky, 37 Tennessee, 39 PAGE North Carolina, 42 Georgia, 42 Alabama, 43 Texas, 49 Ohio — Hanging Rock — Charcoal, . 50 Hanging Rock — Bituminous 51 Mahoning Valley, .... 53 Hocking Valley, 55 Miscellaneous — Bituminous, 56 Indiana, .......... 58 Illinois, 58 Michigan, 60 Wisconsin, . . . 63 Minnesota, 65 Missouri, 65 Colorado, 66 Oregon, 66 Washington, 67 United States, 67 FURNACES ABANDONED OR LIKELY TO BE LONG IN- ACTIVE, 68 ROLLING MILLS AND STEEL WORKS. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania — Philadelphia and Vicinity, Eastern District, . . . . . Central District, 87 87 87 90 90 91 95 99 101 112 Allegheny County, .... 121 Western District, 133 Delaware, 140 Maryland, 142 Virginia, 143 West Virginia, 146 kentucky, 147 Tennessee, 149 Georgia, 150 Alabama, 150 Texas, 152 (iii) IV CONTENTS. KOLLING MILLS AND STEEL WOBKS.— Continued. PAGE Ohio — Lake Counties, 153 Mahoning Valley, 156 Interior Counties, 158 Ohio River Counties, . . . 161 Indiana, 165 Illinois, 169 Michigan, 175 PAGE Wisconsin, 176 Minnesota, 176 Missouri, 177 Iowa, 178 Colorado, 178 Wyoming, 179 California, 179 United States, 180 ABANDONED ROLLING MILLS, 181 ABANDONED STEEL WORKS, 190 FORGES AND BLOOMARIES. New York, 192 New Jersey, 192, 193 Pennsylvania, 193 Maryland, 195 Virginia, 195 Alabama, 195 ABANDONED FORGES AND BLOOMARIES, 196 SPECIAL LISTS OF MANUFACTURERS. Bessemer Steel Works and Rail Mills, 202 Open-Hearth Steel Works, 205 Crucible Steel Works, . . . 210 Plate and Sheet Mills, . . 213 Cut-Nail Mills, 219 Wire-Nail Works, 222 Wire-Rod and Wire Mills, 226 Locomotive Works, 230 Wrought-Iron Pipe Works, 231 Cast-Iron Pipe Works, . . . 233 Car- Axle Works, 236 Car-Wheel Works, 239 Carbuilders, 246 TINPLATE WORKS, 252 CANADA — Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, and Steel Works, . 257 MEXICO — Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, and Steel Works, . 261 LATEST INFORMATION, 265 INDEX TO NAMES OF WORKS, 269 INDEX TO NAMES OF COMPANIES, 275 INDEX TO PIG-IRON BRANDS, 281 PREFACE TO THE ELEYENTH EDITIOK In presenting to the members of the American Iron and Steel Asso- ciation another edition of our Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States we desire, first, to acknowledge the cordial and generally prompt co-operation of all iron and steel manufacturers in supplying information for its pages, and, next, to explain to all who have supplied this information that its earlier publication has been rendered impossible by the necessity of taking extraordinary pains to verify all the details which it contains. Every precaution has been taken to avoid errors. Our greatest difiiculty has been encountered in ascertaining the exact status of new enterprises which have been either undertaken or projected. A vast amount of labor has been ex- pended in separating baseless claims from enterprises that have been undertaken in good faith. Much labor has also been expended upon several new features of the Directory, all of which, we feel sure, will commend themselves to general approval. The old features of the Directory which are contained in the pres- ent edition embrace lists of the blast furnaces, rolling mills, Bessemer steel works, open-hearth steel works, crucible steel works, forges, bloom- aries, cut^nail works, wire-rod and wire mills, wire-nail works, loco- motive works, car works, car-axle works, car-wheel works, and cast and wrought iron pipe works in the United States. The entirely new feat- ures of the present edition embrace a complete list of the tinplate works established or undertaken in the United States since the passage of the McKinley tariflf of October 1, 1890, and a complete list of ex- isting iron and steel works in Canada and Mexico. Many of the old features have been enlarged to include fuller information, as, for in- stance, the list of wire-nail works and wire mills, which is now not only complete for the whole country but also embraces details con- cerning most of the works which we have not heretofore been able to obtain. The capacity of the locomotive works, car works, pipe works, and other industries which consume iron and steel on a large scale is also given in the present edition in fuller detail than ever before. The classified and alphabetical arrangement of former editions has been preserved in the present edition, and the table of contents and the indexes will be found to meet all reasonable expectations. The new edition contains 34 pages more information than the edition of 1890, which in turn embraced more printed pages than any of its pre- decessors. (V) VI PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. The present edition brings -down the description of our iron and ^ steel works to the month of February, 1892. The new information which it contains covers the two calendar years 1890 and 1891. In the first of these years there was great activity in our iron and steel industries, our production of pig iron, rolled iron, and steel ingots in that year being greater than in any other year in our history. In the last of the two years mentioned there was a serious reaction in our iron and steel industries, as well as in most other manufacturing indus- tries, and the production of pig iron and of some other leading prod- ucts declined. Naturally there was more activity in 1890 in projecting and erecting new iron and steel works than in 1891, and naturally also many of the iron and steel enterprises which were undertaken in 1890 and immediately preceding years were abandoned in 1891 or encoun- tered financial reverses. This is especially true of many Southern enterprises. It may also be said that, owing to the reaction men- tioned, and to the fact that the building of blast fiirnaces had been pushed to the utmost limit of ordinary business prudence, very few absolutely new blast-furnace enterprises were undertaken in 1891. There was, however, considerable activity in that year in the building of new rolling mills and steel works in addition to the tinplate works which the McKinley tariff" called into existence. Blast Furnaces Built and Building. — In the edition of the Directory for 1890 we enumerated 575 blast fiirnaces as being active at the close of 1889 or likely to become active. In the present edition we describe 569 furnaces, or 6 furnaces less than at the close of 1889. The total of 569 furnaces is reached after noting the new fiirnaces which were completed during the last two years and eliminating the old furnaces which were wrecked or abandoned during the same period. The new furnaces number 52, of which 1 is anthracite, 35 are coke, and 16 are charcoal. The furnaces abandoned or torn down number 58, of which 22 were anthracite, 14 were coke, and 22 were charcoal. Of the 569 fiirnaces described in the present edition 164 use anthracite coal or mixed anthracite and coke ; 267 use bituminous coal or coke ; and 138 use charcoal. The new furnaces which were completed in the two years mentioned include 1 charcoal fiirnace in Connecticut; 1 anthracite and 6 coke fiir- naces in Pennsylvania ; 1 charcoal and 2 coke furnaces in Maryland ; 1 charcoal and 6 coke furnaces in Virginia ; 2 charcoal and 3 coke fiir- naces in Kentucky ; 1 coke furnace in Tennessee ; 1 charcoal furnace in Georgia; 2 charcoal and 7 coke furnaces in Alabama; 3 charcoal furnaces in Texas ; 1 charcoal and 2 coke fiirnaces in Ohio ; 6 coke furnaces in Illinois ; 4 charcoal furnaces in Michigan ; 1 coke furnace in Minnesota; and 1 coke furnace in Colorado. In all the other States PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. VU which have a blast-furnace industry no new furnaces* were built in 1890 or 1891. In addition to the furnaces which were completed in these two years the building of 11 other furnaces has been undertaken and is now, at the beginning of 1892, in progress, namely, 6 coke fur- naces in Virginia, 1 charcoal and 3 coke furnaces in Tennessee, and 1 coke furnace in North Carolina. All these are in Southern States. Not one new furnace is now in course of erection in any Northern State, although the foundations for a new furnace at Buffalo have been laid. In November, 1887, there were 30 furnaces in course of erection in the whole country, and in November, 1889, there were 27 furnaces. Of the new furnaces which were built in 1890 and 1891 it is notice- able that 16 were charcoal furnaces, located in nine States, even New England rebuilding one abandoned furnace. The building of 3 of these furnaces in Texas emphasizes the fact that this State is now entitled to recognition as one of the promising iron-producing States of the Union. The building of 4 new charcoal furnaces in Michigan is an event which is also significant. This State is within such easy communication by railroad and water with great centres of pig-iron consumption, especially for foundry purposes, that, with its rich iron ores and still abundant supplies of accessible timber, no good reason exists why it should not continue to increase its annual production of charcoal pig iron. There was a great decline in the building of new furnaces in Ala- bama in 1890 and 1891 as compared with the furnace-building activity which had prevailed in this State in immediately preceding yeai-s. At the close of 1887 there were 24 completed furnaces in Alabama and 19 were in course of erection ; two years later there were 44 completed fiirnaces in this State and 8 were in course of erection, 20 furnaces having been completed in these two years. But in 1890 and 1891 only 9 furnaces were built in Alabama, 8 of which had previ- ously been undertaken, while at the close of 1891 there was not one new furnace in this State in course of erection. Far different has been the course of events in the last two years in Virginia. From the close of 1887 to the close of 1889 this State built only 2 furnaces and abandoned 3, the whole number decreasing from 33 to 32, with 2 new furnaces under construction. But in 1890 and 1891 Virginia built 7 new furnaces, and at the close of the latter year it had 6 additional furnaces in course of erection. Its progress in the building and projection of new furnaces in the last two years was greater than that of any other State, Alabama coming next. After Virginia and Alabama the Southern State which has manifested the most activity in fiirnace building in 1890 and 1891 is Kentucky, which completed the erection of 5 new furnaces in these two years. Vlll PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. Pennsylvania built only 7 new furnaces in 1890 and 1891, and Ohio built only 3, but Illinois built 6, which was relatively a much larger addition to its blast-furnace capacity than that made by either Penn- sylvania or Ohio. Illinois now has 20 completed blast furnaces, all using coke, whereas there was not one furnace in operation in this State from 1860 to 1869, in which latter year the first two furnaces at Chicago were completed. There are now 16 furnaces at Chicago and in its immediate vicinity in Cook county. The furnaces which we have noted as having been abandoned or torn down in 1890 and 1891 include 1 anthracite and 1 charcoal fur- nace in New York ; 3 anthracite furnaces in New Jersey ; 1 charcoal, 14 anthracite, and 3 coke furnaces in Pennsylvania ; 3 anthracite, 1 coke, and 2 charcoal furnaces in Maryland ; 6 charcoal furnaces in Virginia ; 2 coke furnaces in West Virginia ; 2 charcoal furnaces in Kentucky ; 1 charcoal furnace in Tennessee ; 1 charcoal furnace in North Carolina ; 6 coke furnaces and 1 charcoal furnace in Ohio ; 2 coke furnaces in Illinois; and 1 anthracite and 7 charcoal furnaces in Michigan. It is but just to say that most of these ftimaces have not recently been active, and that many of them, owing to bad location and antiquated equipment, were virtually abandoned years ago. So long, however, as their owners insisted that they might again be put in blast on short notice we could not place them in the abandoned list. Most of the furnaces now noted as having been abandoned in 1890 and 1891 were of small capacity, whereas nearly all the new ftirnaces built in these two years are of large capacity and are equipped with improved ma- chinery. Blast Furnace Capacity. — With 52 new furnaces of modern style and equipment built in 1890 and 1891, and with 58 antiquated and gener- ally small furnaces relegated to the abandoned list in the same years, it may fairly be assumed that the 569 furnaces which are now borne in our active list are furnaces which in the main our country may be proud of. Their aggregate annual capacity is placed by the owners themselves at 16,296,793 net tons, or an average of 28,641 net tons annually for each furna^je. Stated differently, the aggregate weekly capacity is 313,400 net tons, or an average of 551 net tons weekly for each furnace. As late as November, 1887, the average annual capa<jity of the furnaces which were then active or likely to be some day active was 18,885 net tons, or 363 net tons per week, and in November, 1889, the average annual capacity of the furnaces in the same list was 22,901 net tons, or 440 net tons per week. In November, 1887, the aggregate capacity of 582 fimiaces was 10,990,993 net tons, and in November, 1889, the aggregate capacity of 575 furnaces was 13,168,233 net tons. The growth in the aggregate and individual capacity of American fur- PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. IX naces in the last four years is thus seen to have been remarkable. Of course, as we have often explained, all our blast-furnace capacity can not be utilized at the same time, but it will be seen at a glance that our capacity to-day which can be employed at the same time is beyond any probable requirements of the immediate future, and here- in lies the chief cause of the present low prices of pig iron. Rolling Mills and Steel Works. — In the present edition we enumerate and describe 460 completed rolling mills and steel works in the United States, of which 425 contain trains of rolls and 35 have no rolls. In the edition of two years ago we described 445 completed rolling mills and steel works. In the intervening time 43 new rolling mills and steel works have been built and 28 have been abandoned, the net in- crease in the period mentioned being 15. In January, 1892, there were 18 rolling mills and steel plants in course of erection, against a total of 11 works which were in course of erection at the close of 1889. Boiling Mill Capacity. — The production of puddled iron in this country is not by any means a decaying industry, as we have already stated that our production of rolled iron in 1890 was greater than ever before in our history. Our puddling furnaces increased from 4,882 in No- vember, 1887, to 4,914 in November, 1889, and from the latter date to January, 1892, there was a further increase to 5,120. Bessemer Steel Works. — Our Bessemer steel industry, which has for many years been the first in the world, has been still further devel- oped during the past two years. Since the appearance of our last Directory we have built 6 new standard Bessemer plants — one at Pitts- burgh to make steel castings; one at Sparrow^s Point, in Maryland, with converters of the largest capacity, to make steel rails chiefly ; one at Ashland, Kentucky, to make steel for nail plates and billets ; one small plant in Ohio and a larger one at East St. Louis, Illinois, both to make steel castings; and one at West Superior, Wisconsin, to make steel plates, bars, and structural shapes. We now have 46 stand- ard Bessemer plants, with 95 converters. Two new standard Bessemer plants are now in course of erection, both in the Shenango Valley, in Western Pennsylvania, one to produce castings with a single converter and the other with two converters to produce billets. In addition to the standard Bessemer plants above mentioned we now have 5 Clapp- Griffiths and 4 Robert-Bessemer steel plants, the former with 9 con- verters and the latter with 6 converters. No new Clapp-Griffiths or Robert-Bessemer plants have been built since 1889. Since the appearance of our last Directory 2 small standard Besse- mer plants have been abandoned, one in Ohio and one in Pennsylva- nia, and in the same time 3 Clapp-Grifiiths and 3 Robert-Bessemer ' plants have also been abandoned. Included in the 46 standard Besse- PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. mer plants which are described in the present edition is one which was formerly operated as a Clapp-Griffiths plant. Open-Hearth Steel. — Our open-hearth steel industry has made even greater progress in the last two years than our Bessemer steel indus- try. Two years ago we noted a great advance in the erection of new open-hearth plants, but during these two years our progress in build- ing open-hearth plants has really been remarkable, especially if it be considered that 1891 was a year of dullness and reaction in our iron and steel industries taken as a whole. During 1890 and 1891 we built 17 new open-hearth steel plants, while only 3 were abandoned, 2 of which were very small plants. We now have 71 completed open- hearth plants, and in addition 4 new plants are in course of erection, while another, a very large one, is nearly completed. Crucible Steel Works. — Our crucible steel industry makes no progress, but upon, the other hand it does not retrograde. Two more crucible plants are enumerated in the present edition than in the edition of two years ago, 6 plants having been abandoned in the meantime and 8 having been built. We now have 45 completed crucible steel plants and one in course of erection, against 43 completed and 3 building two years ago. Basic Steel. — During the past two years the production of basic steel in this country, chiefly in the open-hearth, has made considerable progress, but it has not yet risen to a position of importance except at two or three works in Pennsylvania. Although much has been claimed for the South as the natural home of the basic process in this country, that section has now only one establishment which is actually making basic steel. Nor has the South made that progress in the last two years in the production of steel of any kind that has been ex- pected of it by its best friends. May it do better in the near future ! Out Nail Machines. — In November, 1887, there were 81 rolling mills which were devoted in whole or in part to the manufacture of cut nails and spikes, and which contained 6,350 nail machines. In November, 1889, the number of rolling mills which manufactured cut nails and spikes was 75, with 6,066 nail machines. In January, 1892, the num- ber of rolling mills which contained cut-nail machines had declined to 65, and the number of nail machines to 5,546. These figures show a decrease of 804 in the number of cut-nail machines from November, 1887, to January, 1892. Wire Nail Works. — ^The wire-nail industry has grown rapidly in this country during the last two years. In the Directory of two years ago we enumerated 37 wire-nail works ; in the present edition we enumer- ate and describe 49 completed wire-nail works and 2 additional works in coui-se of erection. These 51 works are located in 16 States. Their PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. XI average capacity is much greater than that of the works of two years ago. In this connection it may be stated that there are now in the United States 21 works which roll iron or steel wire rods and one ad- ditional works in course of erection, and that we now have 53 com- pleted iron or steel wire-drawing plants and 2 additional plants in course of erection, all of which are described in the present edition. Tinplate Works. — In the edition of the Directory which was published two years ago not one establishment in the United States was enumer- ated which produced tinplates or terne plates, although there were at that time a very few works producing stamped ware which in part tinned their own tinplates from purchased black plates. On Oc- tober 1, 1890, the McKinley tariff became a law, and one of its pro- visions increased the duty on tinplates from one cent to two and two-tenths cents per pound, this provision not taking effect, however, until July 1, 1891. With the encouragement given by this provision in the McKinley tariff we are now enabled to enumerate and describe 20 works in the United States which are either making or are prepar- ed to make tinplates or terne plates, and 10 additional tinplate works which are in course of erection. Forges and Bloomaries. — The classification which has always been observed in the Directory counts all works which make wrought iron direct from the ore as forges and all works which make blooms from pig iron or scrap iron for sale as bloomaries. Works which make blooms in connection with rolling mills and for use exclusively in these rolling miUs are, however, not separately classified. They are not independent but auxiliary enterprises. Since the appearance of the Directory of two years ago the number of forges making wrought iron direct from the ore has greatly de- clined. This branch of our iron industry, originally embracing forges of the strict Catalan type, has steadily retrograded for many years. Once it was prominent; now it is neglected and almost unnoticed. At the close of 1889 there remained 23 forges in the United States, most of which were in New York and the remainder were in Vermont, New Jersey, Tennessee, and North Carolina. At the present time but 10 forges are left, all of which are in New York except one, which is in New Jersey. We have transferred to the abandoned list every forge in all the other States mentioned, although there is a bare pos- sibility that one or two of these may some day again make a little iron. The number of independent pig-iron and scrap-iron bloomaries has also declined during the past two years. In the present edition we describe 20 of these enterprises, chiefly in Pennsylvania ; two years ago we described 27 ; four years ago we described 37. Miscellaneous Works. — In the present edition we describe 21 locomo- XU PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION. tive works, not including works operated by railroad companies; 31 wrought-iron pipe works ; 43 cast-iron pipe works ; 69 car-axle works, not including works operated by railroad companies ; 109 car-wheel works, not including railroad works ; and 105 car works, not including railroad works. « Natural Gas. — The use of natural gas as fuel in the rolling mills and steel works of the United States was noted in detail in the prefisice to the edition of this Directory which appeared two years ago. The number of rolling mills and steel works which then used natural gas as fuel in whole or in part was 104, against 96 in November, 1887, 68 in August, 1886, and 6 in September, 1884. These figures indicated a very great increase in a very few years. During the past two years, however, there has been a very great decrease in the use of natural gas by our iron and steel works. The entire number of such works now using natural gas in whole or in part is 74, a reduction of ex- actly 30 works in two years. Of the total number of iron and steel establishments which were using natural gas two years ago 60 were located at Pittsburgh and in Allegheny county. Pa., 17 in Western Pennsylvania outside of Allegheny county, 6 at Wheeling and its vicinity in West Virginia, 18 in Ohio, and 3 in Indiana. To-day 45 are located at Pittsburgh and in Allegheny county, 11 elsewhere in Western Pennsylvania, 1 in West Virginia, 11 in Ohio, and 6 in Indi- ana. The development of the natural-gas region in the central part of Indiana has been more marked during the past two years than in preceding years, and this development has resulted in the establish- ment of several new iron and steel enterprises in Madison, Hancock, Delaware, and Grant counties. But in all the other natural-gas sec- tions of the country the use of natural gas as fuel in our iron and steel works has declined, as has already been stated, owing to the shrinkage in its supply. In most of the works which have been com- pelled to abandon or partly abandon the use of natural gas a return has been made to the use of bituminous coal, but some of these works have also introduced the use of producer gas made from coal, or of petroleum, and in a few works petroleum or gas made from' coal is now principally used. There is observable, indeed, a strong tenden- cy in many sections of the country to use producer gas or petroleum in the manufe^ture of iron and steel. In the detailed descriptions of rolling mills and steel works in the present edition of the Directory due prominence is given to these new fuels. Canada and Mexico. — ^A new feature of the present edition which will gratify all who have occasion to consult its pages is a list of the blast furnaces, rolHng mills, and steel works of Canada and Mexico. No. 261 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, February 15, 1892. J. M. S. GRAND SUMMARY. XIU GRAND SUMMARY. Iron and Steel Works. Number of completed Blast Furnaces— 267 Bituminous, 164 An- thracite and C!oke, and 138 Charcoal : total, Number of Blast Furnaces building — 10 Bituminous and 1 Charcoal : total, Annual capacity of completed Blast Furnaces, net tons, . . . Annual capacity of the Bituminous Furnaces, net tons, . . . Annual capacity of the Anthracite Furnaces, net tons Annual capacity of the Charcoal Furnaces, net tons, Number of completed Rolling Mills and Steel Works, Number of Rolling Mills and Steel Works building, Number of Single Puddling Furnaces, (a double furnace count- ing as two single ones,) Number of Heating Furnaces, Number of Trains of Rolls, Annual capacity of completed Rolling Mills, net tons, .... Number of Rolling Mills haying Cut-nail Factories, Number of Cut^nail Machines, Number of Cut-nail Factories building, . . Number of Cut-nail Machines to be used in the new Factories, Number of Wire-nail Works, Number of completed standard Bessemer Steel Works, .... Number of Bessemer Steel Works building, Number of completed standard Bessemer Converters, Annual capacity (built and building) in ingots, net tons, . . Number of completed Clapp-Grifflths Steel Works, Number of Clapp-Griffiths Converters, Annual capacity in ingots, net tons, Number of completed Robert-Bessemer Steel Works, Number of Robert-Bessemer Steel Works building, Number of Robert-Bessemer Converters— 6 completed and 2 partly built, . . : Number of completed Open-Hearth Steel Works, Number of Open-Hearth Steel Works building— 4 building and 1 standing nearly completed, Number of Open-Hearth Furnaces— 164 completed, 7 building, and 7 standing nearly completed Annual capacity (built and building) in ingots, net tons Number of completed Crucible Steel Works Number of Crucible Steel Works building, Number of Steel-melting Pots which can be used at each heat, . Annual capacity in ingots, net tons, Number of Forges making wrought iron from ore Annual capacity in blooms and billets, net tons, Number of pig and scrap iron Bloomaries Annual capacity in blooms, net tons January, 1892. 569 11 16,296,793 11,309,700 3,582,193 1,404,900 460 18 5,120 2,913 1,592 11,831,294 65 5,546 49 46 2 95 6,560,000 5 9 170,000 4 6 71 164 1,550,000 45 1 2,934 105,000 10 21,200 20 36,000 November, 1889. 575 27 13,168,233 8,223,500 3,723,333 1,221,400 445 11 4,914 2,733 1,510 9,215,000 75 6,066 1 100 37 41 88 5,600,000 8 14 200,000 7 1 11 56 116 1,200,000 43 3 3,378 111,500 23 45,000 27 44,000 XIV SrtTMMABY BY STATES. SUMMARY BY STATES. Blast Furnaces. Furnaces Com- pleted Janu- ary, 1892. Furnaces Build- ing January, 1892. Annual Capacity of Completed Furnaces January, 1892, in net tons. States. s 1 < i B i 1 4 9 9 • • 15 8 14 • • 3 6 • • 4 15 4 12 • • • a 23 6 • • 3 • • 1 1 ■i 1 4 9 37 15 219 13 33 4 10 19 1 6 53 4 72 2 20 23 10 1 8 3 1 1 569 d i • 1 1 5 as i C *§ s P-4 it Maine. .... 6,000 19,500 41,500 67,500 6,000 Massachusetts. . . • • • • 3 • 80 5 19 4 7 13 1 2 38 19,500 Connecticut. . 1 . . i ' 1 41,500 New York, . . New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, . . Virginia, . . . 25 15 124 • • 6 3 1 1 6 4 1 565,000 274,345 2,742,848 121,000 753,500 274,345 3,858,200 409,000 625,000 184,000 227,000 392,000 6,000 60,000 1,407,000 61,700 54,200 52,000 • • • • 53,000 56,000 • • • • 47,000 211,000 58,000 53,000 • • • • • • • > 436,000 116,500 • • • • 47,000 • • • • 15,000 10.000 6,662,748 463,200 677,000 West Virginia, Kentucky, . . Tennessee, . . North Carolina, Georgia, . . . Alabama, . . . Texas, .... • * 1*1,000 280,000 448,000 6,000 107,000 1,618,000 58,000 Ohio 60 2 20 • • 4 1 5 3 :: . . . . i 2.123.500 2,176,500 Indiana, . . . Illinois 30,000 1,365,000 30,000 1,365,000 Michisran, . . 436,000 Wisconsin, . . Minnesota, . . Missouri, . . . Colorado, . . . Oreeon :.■ . . • • • • 177,000 50,000 175,000 100,000 293,500 50,000 222,000 100,000 15,000 Washington , . 1 . . • • 1 • • • • 10,000 • • 10 \ 1 ' Total, . . .1164 1 267 138 11 3,582,193 11,309,700 1,404,900 16,296,793 From November, 1889, to January, 1892, we have transferred to the abandoned list 58 furnaces, 2 in New York, 3 in New Jersey, 18 in Pennsylvania, 6 in Maryland, 6 in Virginia, 2 in West Virginia, 2 in Kentucky, 1 in Tennessee, 1 in North Carolina, 7 in Ohio, 2 in Illinois, and 8 in Michigan. During the same period 52 new furnaces have been built, 1 in Connecticut, 7. in Pennsylvania, 3 in Maryland, 7 in Virginia, 5 in Kentucky, 1 in Tennessee, 1 in Georgia, 9 in Alabama, 3 in Texas, 3 in Ohio, 6 in Illinois, 4 in Michigan, 1 in Minnesota, and 1 in Colorado. SUMMARY BY STATES. XV SUMMARY BY STATES. Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges, and Bloomaries. Rolling Mills and Steel Works. Iron and Steel Rolling Mills.* Cut- Nail Ma- chines. Steel Works. States. i • OQ 1 S3 \ i i CO Forges and Bloom- aries. Maine New Hampshire. 1 1 14 1 . '8 23 20 211 9 6 8 7 8 5 1 10 2 59 18 26 4 2 2 6 1 2 1 4 1 1 13 1 8 19 19 192 9 6 8 7 8 4 1 9 2 56 16 23 4 2 2 6 1 2 1 4 • • • • • • • 1 2 • • • 4 3 38 • • • • • • • • 1 1 « • 2 • • 10 1 6 1 1 • • • • 1 • 3 4 6 24 • • 1 • • • • 1 • • • • • • 2 2 • • 1 Massachusetts Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, . New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, . Maryland, . Virginia, . . West Virginia Kentucky, . Tennessee, . Georgia, . . Alabama, . . Texas, . . . Ohio, .... Indiana, . . Illinois, . . Michigan, . . Wisconsin, . . Minnesota, . , Missouri, . . . Iowa Colorado, . . Wyoming, . . California, . 1 • 326 • • • • • * • • • • • • 193 1,555 • • • • • • • • 146 856 126 115 • • • 77 • • 1,215 366 398 • • • • • • • • • • • • 50 • • • • 27 • • • • 96 2 • • • • 1 • • 18 • • 1 1 2 1 2 • • • • • 6 1 8 • • 1 • • 1 • • 1 • • • • 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 • • 9 3 14 • • m 2 1 1 Total, . . 460 425 5,546 46 4 71 45 30 Number of rolling mills building, 17. Number of steel plants building, 7, (2 Besse- mer, 4 open-hearth, and 1 crucible,) all except one connected with rolling mills. * Excludes all steel works that contain no hot-rolling trains of roUs. The number of wire-nail works in the United States is 49, with 2 more in course of erection, situated in 16 States, as follows : Massachusetts, 11 ; Rhode Island, 1 ; Con- necticut, 3 ; New York, 5 ; New Jersey, 1 ; Pennsylvania 8, and 1 building ; Virginia, 1 ; Ohio, 7 ; Indiana, 3 ; Illinois, 3 ; Michigan, 1 ; Missouri, 1 ; Iowa, 1 ; Nebraska, 1 ; Washington, 1 building; California, 2. THE IRON AND STEEL WORKS OP THE UNITED STATES. » < BLAST FURNACES. Note.— A list of furnaces which have been abandoned or which are likely to remain inactiye will be found separately printed after the following list of furnaces, which are either active or can readily be put in blast. The telegraph address is given only when it is not the same as the post-office address. When the power is not mentioned steam- power is understood. MAINE. CHARCX)AL. Katahdin Furnace, Katahdin Charcoal Iron Company, Bangor. Fur- nace at Katahdin Iron Works P. 0., JE^iscataquis county. One stack, 50 X 11, built in 1846, rebuilt in 1874, burned in 1883, and rebuilt in 1885; hot blast; water-power; fuel, charcoal; ore, local limonite, yielding from 50 to 55 per cent., roasted in a Davis & Colby calcin- ing kiln; specialty, car-wheel pig iron; annual capacity, 6,000 net tons. Brand, "Katahdin." C. A. Gibson, President; H. McLaugh- lin, Treasurer. Idle since the spring of 1890. Number of furnaces in Maine : 1 charcoal stack. MASSACHUSETTS. CHAKCOAL. Lanesborough Furnace, E. T. Slocum, Trustee for creditors, Pittsfield. / Furnace at Lanesborough, Berkshire county. One stack, 33 x 9J, built in 1847, burned June 25, 1882, and rebuilt in 1882-3; hot blast; ore, local brown hematite; specialty, car-wheel pig iron; an- nual capacity, 4,500 net tons. Richmond Iron Works, Richmond Furnace P. 0., Berkshire county. ^ Three stacks, all in Berkshire county : Richmond Furnace, at Rich- mond, 32 X 9, built in 1829, and rebuilt in 1863 ; steam-power. Van Deusenville Furnace, at Van Deusenville, 32 x 9, built in 1834, and rebuilt in 1858 ; water-power. Cheshire Furnace, at Cheshire, 32 x 9, BLAST FURNACES. (. V built in 1850, and rebuilt in 1870 ; steam-power. All use warm blast ; iron stoves; ore, local brown hematite from mines owned by the works ; total annual capacity, 15,000 net tons of foundiy pig iron for cannon, car-wheels, and machinery. Brand, "Richmond." Main of- fice at Richmond Furnace P. O. George Church, President, Great Barrington, Mass.; Porter S. Burrall, General Manager, Lime Rock, Conn. ; R. A. Burget, Treasurer, Richmond Furnace. Number of furnaces in Massachusetts : 4 charcoal stacks. CONNECTICUT. CHARCOAL. Canaan Furnaces, Bamum Richardson Company, Lime Rock, Litchfield/ 'M county. Main oflBice at Lime Rock.' Furnaces at East Canaan, Litch- field county. Three stacks : No. 1, 40 x 9, built in 1840, and rebuilt in 1880 ; No. 2, 32 x 9, built in 1847 ; No. 3, 34} x 9, built in 1872 ; No. 1 has closed top, Nos. 2 and 3 open tops; hot blast; steam and water power ; ore, Salisbury brown hematite ; product, pig iron for car- wheels and malleable castings, known as "Salisbury" iron; total annual capacity, 15,000 net tons. Milo B. Richardson, President; Charles W. Barnum, Vice-President; Sidney P. Ensign, Secretary; Porter S. Burrall, Treasurer. Chapinville Furnace, The Landon Iron Company, Chapinville, Litch- ^ field county. One stack, 32 x 9, built in 1825, burned in 1879, and rebuilt in 1881 and 1890 ; one Giffbrd stove ; water-power ; ore, brown hematite from the Salisbury district. Conn., and from Amenia, N. Y. ; product, car-wheel pig iron; annual capacity, 4,500 net tons. Brand, "Sahsbury, 1825." F. Kingsbury Curtis, President; F. J. Kingsbury, Vice-President ; A. M. Card, Secretary ; J. J. Morehouse, Treasurer and General Manager. Cornwall Bridge Iron Company, Cornwall Bridge, Litchfield county. One stack, 32 x 9, built in 1833; hot blast; water-power; ore, Salis- bury; product, Salisbury car-wheel pig iron; annual capacity, 3,500 net tons. Milo B. Richardson, President, Lime Rock; James A. Bierce, Secretary and Treasurer, Cornwall Bridge. Hunts Lyman Iron Company, Huntsville, Litchfield county. Telegraph address, Falls Village. One stack, 32 x 9, built in 1847 ; hot blast ; water-power ; open top ; ore, Salisbury ; product, Salisbury car-wheel pig iron ; annual capacity, 5,000 net tons. M. H. Bobbins, President ; Samuel W. Bradley, Secretary, and Charles W. Barnum, Treasurer, Lime Rock. Kent Furnace, Kent Iron Company, Kent Furnace P. 0., Litchfield county. Telegraph address, Kent. One stack, 34 x 10, built in 1849, and rebuilt in 1884; hot blast; water-power; open top; ore, Salis- bury brown hematite; product, car-wheel pig iron; annual capac- NEW YORK. ity, 4,500 net tons. D. J. Warner, President, Salisbury; George R. Bull, Secretary ; John Hopson, Treasurer and Manager. Lime Rock Iron CJompany, Lime Rock, Litchfield county. Established in 1734 ; first incorporated in 1828 ; incorporated by the present com- pany in 1863 ; present furnace, one stack, 32 x 9, built in 1864 ; warm blast; water-power; open top; ore, Salisbury brown hematite; prod- uct, pig iron for car-wheels and malleable castings; annual capacity, 4,000 net tons. Samuel S. Robbins, President; Milo B. Richardson, Secretary and Treasurer. Sharon Valley Iron Company, Sharon Valley, Litchfield county. One stack, 31 X 9i ; very old ; rebuilt in 1863 ; open top ; hot blast ; water- power ; ore, Salisbury ; product, Salisbury car-wheel pig iron ; annual capacity, 5,000 net tons. George B. Burrall, President, Lakeville; Charles W. Bamum, Treasurer, and Milo B. Richardson, Secretary, lime Rock. Number of furnaces in Connecticut : 9 charcoal stacks. NEW YORK. ANTHKACITB AND MIXED ANTHRACITE AND CX)KE. Albany City Iron Works, Albany, Albany county. Two stacks, each 60 X 16, built in 1873-4 ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; total annual capacity, 30,000 net tons. Owned by A. Van Vechten, J. Howard King, and Dudley Olcott. Idle for several years, and for sale. Burden Iron Works, The Burden Iron Company, Troy, Rensselaer "2 county. Two stacks, each 60 x 16, built in 1865 and 1867; ores, magnetic from Northern New York and hematite and carbonate from Eastern New York; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; total an- nual capacity, 50,000 net tons. See RoUing Mills. Cedar Point Furnace, Witherbees, Sherman & Co., Port Henry, Essex ^ county. Branch sales office, 46 Wall st.. New York. One stack, 71 x / 15, built in 1872-3, and first put in blast August 12, 1875 ; four 22-foot Whitwell stoves ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ores, Old Bed Lake Champlain and New Bed Bessemer Lake Champlain; product, found- ry, mill, and Bessemer pig iron; annual capacity, 26,000 net tons. Brand, " Cedar Pomt." Charlotte Furnace, Charlotte Iron Works, Box 704, Rochester, Monroe county. Office and works at Charlotte, 7 miles fi^m Rochester, at the mouth of the Genesee river. One stack, 65 x 15, built in 1868, and rebuilt in 1884 ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ores, local hem- atite, with a mixture of Lake Champlain and Lake Superior mag- netic; product, foundry pig iron, especially adapted for stove plate and suitable for general foundry purposes; annual capacity, 20,000 net tons. Brand, "Charlotte." A. G. Yates, President; J. E. Rob- erts, Vice-President ; A. S. Clarke, Secretary and Treasurer. BLAST FURNACES. Cold Spring Furnace, Cold Spring, Putnam county. One stack, 60 x 15|, built in 1863 ; ores, Hudson river roasted carbonate and New York magnetic; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; product, neutral forge, foundry, and Bessemer pig iron ; annual capacity, 17,000 net tons. Title held by E. M. Cook, 1 Broadway, New York. Idle and for sale. Crown Point Furnaces, Crown Point Iron Company, Crown Point, Essex county. Two stacks, situated on the bank of Lake Champlain, 60 x 17 and 70 x 18, built in 1872-3 ; the second stack rebuilt in 1881 ; six Siemens-Cowper-Cochrane stoves, three 45 x 15 and three 60 x 16; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; product, Bessemer pig iron, produced from Crown Point (or Penfield) and Chateaugay ores; total annual capacity, 45,000 net tons. Brand, " Crown Point." Chester Griswold, President, and H. M. Olmsted, Secretary and Treasurer, 21 Cortlandt St., New York. Officers at the works : A. L. Inman, Greneral Manager ; H. L. Eeed, Cashier and Assistant General Manager; W. S. Green, Superintendent of fiirnaces. Selling agent, F. J. Dominick, 21 Cort- landt St., New York. Elmira Iron and Steel Boiling Mill Company, Elmira, Chemung county. Two stacks, each 57 x 16, built in 1872, and first blown in October 5, 1872; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; ores, hematite from Jefferson county, N. Y., and Centre county. Pa., and magnetic from Lake Superior and Canada; product used principally at the mills of the company for bar iron, angles, and plates; total annual capacity, 36,000 net tons. Idle and for sale. See Rolling Mills. Franklin Iron Works, Franklin Iron Manufiicturing Company, Frank- lin Iron Works P. O., Oneida county. One stack, 70 x 14, built in 1871, and remodeled in 1883, three fire-brick stoves havinjg been added ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ore, local fossil ; product, pig iron for stove plates and small castings ; annual capacity, 36,000 net tons. E. L. Hedstrom, President, Buffalo; E. F. Holden, Treasurer, Syracuse; C. H. Smyth, Secretary and Superintendent, at the works. Hudson Iron Works, Hudson Iron Company, Hudson, Columbia county. Two stacks, each 49 x 15, built in 1851 ; ores, brown hematite from West Stockbridge, Mass., red hematite from Antwerp, N. Y., red spec- ular from Lake Superior, and magnetic from Port Henry and Forest of Dean mines. New York ; fuel, anthracite coal ; product, principally best grades of foundry iron, although it is also used for best grades of bar iron ; total annual capacity, 26,000 net tons. Brand, " Hudson." John E. Gillette, President ; Samuel R. Rainey, Secretary and Treas- urer; S. C. McArthur, General Agent. Kirkland Furnace, Kirkland Iron Company, Kirkland, Oneida county. One stack, 65 x 14, built in 1873, reconstructed in 1882, and changed fh)m water to steam power; fiiel, anthracite coal and coke; ores, local and Northern New York hematite or fossiliferous and Lake ^ NEW YORK. Champlain and Canadian magnetic; annual capacity, 18,000 net tons. Specialty, foundry pig iron. Brand, "Kirkland." I. A. Will- iams, President, General Manager, and Treasurer, Utica; Thomas S. Jackson, Secretary, Kirkland. Peekskill Furnace, Peekskill, Westchester county. One stack, 60 x 16, built in 1853, rebuilt in 1874, and refitted in 1880-1 ; annual capacity, 15,000 net tons. Brand, "Peekskill." Owned by John P. Jones, of Gold Hill, Nevada, and others. J. L. Cunningham, Agent, 161 Church St., New York. Idle for several years. Port Henry Furnaces, Port Henry Furnace Company, Port Henry, Essex county. Two stacks, situated on the banks of Lake Champlain, each 66 X 16, built in 1853 and 1861, and rebuilt in 1868, 1871, and 1887 ; ore, Lake Champlain ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; product, forge and foundry pig iron ; total annual capacity, 40,000 net tons. Brand, "Port Henry." G. R. Sherman, President; Walter C. Witherbee, Vice-President; H. B. Willard, Treasurer. Poughkeepsie Iron Company, Albert Tower, President and Agent, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county. Two stacks, each 60 x 16, built in 1860; ores, i Dutchess county brown hematite, J Lake Champlain magnetic, and J Forest of Dean, Orange county; fuel, anthracite coal ; product, foundry and forge pig iron ; total annual capacity, 30,- 000 net tons. H. M. Braem, Secretary, Treasurer, and selling agent, 69 Wall St., New York. Sterling Iron and Railway Company, 43 Wall st.. New York. Furnaces in Orange county. Two stacks : Southfield, 45 x 13, built as a charcoal furnace in 1806, converted to anthracite in 1868 ; and Sterling, 42 x 14, built as a charcoal furnace in 1848, converted to anthracite in 1866 ; ore, magnetic, mined on the company's property near the furnaces ; fuel, anthracite coal; product, foundry and mill pig iron; total an- nual capacity, 16,000 net tons. Iron called "Sterling." Macgrane Coxe, President ; Louis C. Clark, Treasurer ; P. T. Barlow, Secretary. Troy Steel and Iron Company, Troy. Furnaces on Breaker island, Albany county, opposite Troy. Three stacks, each 80 x 18, built in 1886-7 ; twelve Whitwell stoves ; fiiel, coke and anthracite coal ; ores, magnetic from Essex and Clinton counties and Lake Superior; prod- uct, Bessemer pig iron ; total annual capacity, 160,000 net tons. See Rolling Mills. Number of anthracite and mixed anthracite and coke fiimaces in New York: 25 stacks. COKE. Niagara Furnace, Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company, Tonawanda, Erie county. Furnace at North Tonawanda, Niagara county. One stack, 76 X 17, built in 1873, and rebuilt by the present company in 1890-1 ; three Cowper-Kennedy stoves, each 70 x 18 ; ores, hematite and specular from Lake Superior ; ftiel, coke ; product, foundry pig 1 ^ 6 BLAST FURNACES. iron ; annual capacity, 85,000 net tons. Brand, " Niagara." William A. Rogers, President; Archer Brown, Vice-President; George G. Hamil- ton, Secretary ; William A. Gamble, Treasurer ; W. B. Kerr, Superin- tendent. Selling agents, Rogers, Brown & Co., Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati. Onondaga Iron Company, Syracuse. Works at Geddes, Onondaga county. Two stacks, each 65 x 15 J ; No. 1, built in 1869-70, blown in June 17, 1870 ; No. 2, built in 1872, blown in November 14, 1872 ; ores, from Old Sterling mines, New York, and Lake Superior; jRiel last used, coke ; product, foundry pig iron ; total annual capacity, 36,000 net tons. (Operated during part of 1890 and 1891 by the American- Scotch Iron Company, composed of members of the firm of Warren, Wood & Co., of New York, producing the " Trimo " and " Mohawk " brands of foundry pig iron.) A. J. Belden, Secretary. Number of coke furnaces in New York: 3 stacks. PROJECTED. Union Iron Works, Buffalo, Erie county. Work commenced on the foundations of a furnace on the site of the three demolished ftima- ces of the old Union Iron Works. New furnace to be 80 x 18, and equipped with three Cowper-Kennedy stoves; product to be strong foundry pig iron, made fit)m Lake Superior ores, smelted with coke. Company being organized by F. B. Baird, of BuffEilo. JuUan Kennedy, Supervising Engineer, Pittsburgh, Pa. • CHARCOAL. Black River Iron and Chemical Company, Port Leyden, Lewis county. Office, Syracuse. Two stacks, Gracie and Fannie, 50 x 9i and 50 x lOJ, respectively, built in 1864, rebuilt in 1880, and burned and rebuilt in 1881 ; hot or cold blast ; Black river water-power ; product, pig iron for car-wheels, rolls, and malleable castings; total annual capacity, 18,000 net tons. J. J. Belden, President ; M. A. Knapp, Secretary ; William Boone, Treasurer, a