Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada

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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/| // ^I^tvOaa. c(ji<iii/v c/i/yvC 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 ROD MILLS, WIRE MILLS, CUT-NAIL WORKS, WIRE-NAIL WORKS, AND HORSE-NAIL WORKS, CAR-AXLE WORKS, CAR-WHEEL WORKS, CARBUILDERS, LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, CAST AND WROUGHT-IRON PIPE WORKS, SHIPBUILDING, AND BRIDGEBUILDING 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. TWELFTH EDITION. CORRECTED TO MARCH 1, 1894. PHILADELPHIA: THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, No. 261 South Fourth Street. 1894. PUBUCUBRAKV 150603 A8T0R, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. loa9 Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1894, BY THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Printed by ALLEN, LANE & SCOTT, No*. WJ-'iSl-'iSS South Fifth Street, l»hila'lflphla. CONTENTS. BLAST FURNACES. PAGE PAGE Massachusetts, 1 Connecticut, 2 New York, . . ^ 3 New Jersey, 6 Pennsylvania — Lehigh Valley, 8 Schuylkill Valley, .... 12 Upper Susquehanna, ... 15 Lower Susquehanna, ... 16 Juniata Valley, 19 Shenango Valley, 21 Allegheny County, .... 23 Miscellaneous Coke, .... 25 Charcoal, 26 Maryland, 28 Virginia, 30 West Virginia, 35 Kentucky, 36 Tennessee, . 37 North Carolina, 41 FURNACES RECENTLY ABANDONED, 67 Georgia, 41 Alabama, 42 Texas, 48 Ohio — Hanging Rock — Charcoal, . 49 Hanging Rock — Bituminous 51 Mahoning Valley, .... 53 Hocking Valley, 55 Miscellaneous — Bituminous, 56 Indiana, 58 Illinois, 58 Michigan, 59 Wisconsin, 62 Minnesota, 64 Missouri, 64 Colorado, 65 Oregon, 66 Washington, 66 United States, 66 ROLLING MILLS AND STEEL WORKS. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania — Philadelphia and Vicinity, Eastern District, Central District, Allegheny County, . . . . Western District, Delaware, 77 77 77 80 80 81 86 89 92 103 113 127 135 Maryland, 137 Virginia, 139 West Virginia, 141 Kentucky, 143 Tennessee, 145 Georgia, 146 Alabama, 146 Texas, 148 Ohio — Lake Counties, 148 Mahoning Valley, 151 Interior Counties, 155 Ohio River CoMnti^^, . . . \^^ Indiana, ^^"^ (iii) IV CONTENTS. ROLLING MILLS AND STEEL ^yOIlKS.— Conthmed, PAGE Illinois, 167 Michigan, 173 Wisconsin, 174 Minnesota, 175 Missouri, 176 Iowa, 177 PAGE Colorado, 178 Oregon, 179 Wyoming, 179 California, 179 United States, 181 RECENTLY ABANDONED ROLLING MILLS, 181 RECENTLY ABANDONED STEEL WORKS, 186 BESSEMER STEEL WORKS AND RAIL MILLS, 188 OPEN-HEARTH STEEL WORKS, 191 CRUCIBLE STEEL WORKS, 196 PLATE AND SHEET MILLS, 199 CUT-NAIL WORKS, 206 TINPLATE WORKS. Massachusetts, 209 New York, 209 New Jersey, 210 Pennsylvania, 211 Maryland, 215 Ohio, 215 Indiana, 216 Illinois, 217 Michigan, 217 Missouri, 217 STAMPING WORKS, 219 FORGES AND BLOOMARIES, 221 RECENTLY ABANDONED FORGES ANT) BLOOMARIES, . . 224 SPECIAL LISTS OF MANUFACTURERS. Wire-Rod and Wire Mills, 226 Wire-Nail Works, . . . . . 230 Bridgebuilding Works . . . 234 Shipbuilding Works, . . . . 238 Horse-Nail Works, . . . . 240 Locomotive Works, . . . . . 241 Cast-Iron Pipe Works, . . Wrought -Iron and Steel Pipe Works, Car-Axle Works, .... Car-Wheel Works, .... Carbuilders, 242 247 249 253 260 CANADA — Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, and Steel Works, . 267 MEXICO — Blast Furnaces, Rolling Mills, and Steel Works, . 271 LATEST INFORMATION, 275 INDEX TO NAMES OF WORKS, 279 INDEX TO NAMES OF COMPANIES, 285 INDEX TO PIG-IRON BRANDS, 291 PREFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITIOK The twelfth edition of the Directory to the Iron and Steel Works of the United States is herewith submitted to the members of the American Iron and Steel Association and to the American iron trade generally. It makes a volmne of more than 300 pages, every page of which is devoted to the legitimate purposes of a directory and not one of which contains an advertisement of any kind. The propor- tions of the volume could easily have been swollen to 1,000 pages if advertisements had been admitted and if the technical information it contains had been less compactly and systematically presented. All the information given is brought down to the early months of 1894. New and Old Features. — ^The present edition is the most comprehen- sive and in every way the most complete that the American Iron and Steel Association has yet published. All the well-known features of pre- vious editions are retained and in addition many new features are incorporated. For the first time there is given a list of works in our country which produce tinned or retinned stamped ware; a list of the works which make horse-shoe nails; a list of all iron and steel bridgebuilding works ; and a list of iron and steel shipbuilding works. The old features of the Directory which are contained in the pres- ent edition embrace complete lists of the blast furnaces, rolling mills, Bessemer, open-hearth, and crucible steel works, plate and sheet mills, forges, bloomaries, cutruail works, wire-rod and wire mills, wire-nail works, locomotive works, car works, car-axle works, car-wheel works, cast and wrought iron and wrought steel pipe works, and tinplate works in the United States; also lists of the blast furnaces, rolling mills, and steel works in Canada and Mexico. Lists of recently aban- doned blast furnaces, rolling mills, steel works, and forges and bloom- aries are also given. The list of tinplate works is the first complete hst that has ever been published in any form. A table of contents and elaborate indexes will enable the reader to readily find any item of information that is desired. The indexes embrace names of firms and companies, names of works, and brands of pig iron. The Period Covered by the Directory. — The present edition covers the changes made in the development of our iron and steel industries since the appearance of the previous edition in February, 1892, over two years ago. The year 1892 was one of very general activity in all branches of our iron and steel industries and many new enterprises were undertaken, but 1893 was a year of very great depression and reaction in these industries, during which there were many failures. Few new works of any kind were built or under^Veiv m 1*^^^, Vk^^ (V) work W8B HUapended on some that had previoosiy been undertakf Tlie un&vorable conditions existing in 1893 liave continued i force durii^ the early montlia of 1894. Slant Furnaces. — In the edition of the Directoiy for 1892 there t enumerated and described 569 completed blaet Aunaces and 11 whicl) were in course of erection. The total annual capacity of the c pleted furnaces was 14,550,708 grosa tona. In the present edition i enumerate and describe 619 completed furnaces, with an aggregate an- nuai capacity of 10,271,027 gross tone, or just 50 fiirnaces less than in 1892, and 7 fiirnaces which have been partly erected but upon which work has been auapeoded. Kot one new ftimace in the United States is now being built — a remarkable circmnstance. Since the appearance of the Directory in February, 1892, there have been built 16 new fur- naces, and in the present edition we have transferred to the aban- doned list 66 fiirnaces which were classed in 1892 among the furnaces that were then active or likely to be active at some fiiture time. Of the 66 fiimacea now transferred to the abandoned list 20 are in Pennsylvania, 11 in New York, 7 in Ohio, 6 in Virginia, 4 in Tennes- see, 3 each in Michigan and Missouri, 2 each in Connecticut, Mary*! land, and Alabama, and 1 each in Maine, New Jersey, Kentucky, Geoiv ■■ gia, lUinois, and Wisconsin. Of the 16 new fumnces built since Jan- uary, 1892, 7 are in Tennessee, 5 in Virginia, and 1 each in New York, North Carolina, Alabama, and Wisconsin. It is a curious fact that since January, 1892, 20 furnaces liavo been abandoned in Pennsyl- vania and not one furnace has been built in tliat State. Of the 7 furnaces upon which work has been suspended 2 are in Alabama, 2 in Wisconsin, and 1 each in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Tennessee. Of the 519 furnaces described in the present Directory 118 use char- coal as fuel and tbe remainder use anthracite and bituminous coal and coke. In the Directory for 1892 the number of charcoal furnaces described was 138, or just 20 more than in 1894. The number of an- thracite and bituminous furnaces described in 1892 was 431, and in 1894 the number is 401, or 30 less than ui 1892. It wUl be seen that the number of chariioal furnaces has decreased in two years propor- tionately much more tlian the number of furnaces using mineral fuel. The average annual capacity of the 569 completed furnaces which were described in the Directory for 1892 was 25,672 gross tons, and the average annual capacity of the 519 furnaces which are described in the present edition is 31,351 gross tons. The a^regate annual capacity of the 519 completed furnaces which are now described is 1,720,319 tons more than the capacity of the 569 completed furnaces which were described in January, 1892. The total annual capacity of the 118 charcoal fiirnaces which are described in the present Directory is 1,285,440 gross tons, and the total annual CRiiacity of the 138 charcoal furnaces which were described in 1892 PREFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITION. VU was 1,254,375 gross tons. It will be noted that, while the aggregate fiiriiace capacity of the country increased 1,720,319 tons from 1892 to 1894, that of the charcoal furnaces alone increased only 31,065 tons. The average annual capacity of the charcoal furnaces described in 1892 was 9,090 gross tons, and the average annual capacity of the char- coal furnaces described in 1894 is 10,894 gross tons. The average an- nual capacity of all the furnaces using mineral fuel in 1892 was 30,850 gross tons, and the average annual capacity of all the mineral fuel furnaces in 1894 is 37,371 gross tons. Rolling Mills and Steel Work^. — In the present edition of the Directo- ry we enumerate and describe 487 completed rolling mills and steel works in the United States, of which 446 contain trains of rolls and 41 have no rolls. In the edition of two years ago we described 460 completed rolling mills and steel works. In the intervening time 57 new rolling mills and steel works have been built, 1 has been revived, and 31 have been abandoned, the net increase in the period mention- ed being 27. In January, 1894, there were 8 rolling mills and steel plants in course of erection and 1 rebuilding, against a total of 18 works which were in course of erection at the beginning of 1892. Puddling Furnaces. — ^The number of puddling furnaces attached to rolling mills in January, 1894, each double furnace being regarded as the equivalent of two single furnaces, was 4,715, against 5,120 in Jan- uary, 1892, a decrease of 405 furnaces, or about 8 per cent. This is the first edition of the Directory in late years that has noted a de- crease in the number of puddling furnaces, each previous edition hav- ing noted an increase. Bessemer Steel Works. — Since the appearance of our last Directory we have built 4 new standard Bessemer steel plants — one at Garwood, New Jersey, to make steel car wheels, but which has recently been aban- doned; one at Shenango, Pa., to make steel billets; one at McKees- port. Pa., to make steel slabs and billets ; and one at Indianapolis, In- diana, to make steel bars and miscellaneous shapes. In the same time 7 standard Bessemer steel plants have been burned or abandoned — 2 in Massachusetts, 1 in New Jersey, 1 in Tennessee, 2 in Illinois, and 1 in Missouri, and in the same period 1 Clapp-Grifiiths steel plant has been abandoned. We now have 43 standard Bessemer plants, with 95 converters, against 46 in 1892, with 95 converters. One new standard Bessemer plant is being erected at Youngstown, Ohio, to contain two 10- gross-ton converters, for the production of rails, structural shapes, etc. The construction of one 4-gross-ton converter for the production of castings was commenced at Sharon, Pa., in 1891, but work upon it has been suspended. In addition to the Bessemer plants above mentioned we now have 4 Clapp-Grifiiths and 4 Robert-Bessemer steel plants, the former with 7 converters and the latter with 6 converters. No new Clapp-Grifiiths or Robert-Bessemer plants have been bv\\lt ^\\\q,^ V^*^^ . PRBrACB TO THE TWELFTH EDITIOS. Urn aonaal convcrtmg capacity of all tbe staiulard Bessemer steel plaan in 1894, built and building, is 7,740,900 gro^ tone of iogots and dirMt CMtinp, agaioEt 5,857,143 tons in January, 1892. These figures tfthiMt a moarkabb ittcreoBe in coaverting capacity i Whil« the ileinand for steel rails of standard sections for atoam fjflt Itu Kr«atly &IIen off Id recent years, the demand for Bessei ■eel tar prder rails for street railnaya, structaial shapes, axles, spring wfre mH &»d many other misceUaneous uses has greatly increased. The pradoction of Bessemer billets, slabs, and blooms to supply these ■MS tM« greatly interfered with the demand for puddled iron. Ojien Hrarth -Slfrf,— fiince the appearance of the Directory for 1892 we h«»e bnilt 15 new open-hearth st«cl plants, wliile 5 have been burned «■ alAniloned, showing a net increase of 10 plants. We now have 81 r^niii'Ittcd open-hearth steel plants, and in addition 1 new plant is in counw of erection at Chicago by the niinoia St«el Comiiany, The atinoal capacity in ingots and direct castings of the open-hearth Rteel [ilanta in 1694, built and building, is 1,740,000 proas tons, against I,3S3,t>29 tons in January, 1892. These figures show a very healthy ([n>wth in two years. There has been in the last few years an in- crcaMHl demand in this country for open-hearth steel for boiler plates and iihip plates, armor plates, gun forginga for the army and navy, hftavy and light coatings, locomotive tires, tools, structural shapes, ma- chinery generally, and many other purposes. Like Bessemer steel, ijpen-heartli steel has become a formidable competitor of puddled iron. But the open-hearth is also a, formidable competitor of iron foundries. In 1892 there were 18 open-hearth plants which made di- rect castings, and in 1894 there are 28 plants which are prepared to make these castings. Siimc f^M. — The manufe,cture of basic steel in this country is virtu- ally confined to four works in Pennsylvania, three using the open- hearth and one using the Bessemer process. Outside of Pennsylvania basic Bleel has been made only experimentally or on a very small scale. The industry has made no progress in the Sonth. CrtwiiU Sled Worts.— Three more crucible plants are enumerated in the present edition than in the edition of two years ago, 4 plants hav- ing been abandoned in the meantime and 7 having been built. We now have 46 completed crucible steel plants and 1 in course of erec- tion, against 45 completed and 1 building two years ago. Cut NaU Much iiieg.— -In January, 1862, there were 65 rolling mills which were devoted in whole or in part to the manutarture of cut nails and spikes, and which contained 5,546 nail machines. In Jan- uary, 1894, the number of rolling mills which manufkctured cut nails and spikes was 65, with 5,094 nail machines. These figures show a decrease of 452 cut-nail machines in two years. The Directory for 1892 showed a decrease of 520 cut-nail machines from 1889 to 1892. ?ure8^^ PREFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITION. IX Wire Rods and Wire. — ^There are now in this country 23 works which roll iron or steel wire rods, and we have 64 completed iron or steel wire-drawing plants and 1 additional plant in course of erection. Wire Nail Works. — In the Directory for 1892 we enumerated 49 com- pleted wire-nail works and 2 additional works in course of erection. In the present edition w^e enumerate 54 completed wire-nail works and 1 partly erected works, located in 17 States. Their average capacity is much greater than that of the works described two years ago. Tinplaie Works. — In the Directory for 1892 we enumerated and de- scribed 20 works which were either making or were prepared to make tinplates or terne plates, and 10 additional tinplate works which were in course of erection. In the present edition we describe 56 completed, 2 building, and 1 partly erected tinplate works. Nearly all of these works have been built since the passage of the McKinley tariff in 1890. Forges and Bloomaries. — ^Under this classification we enumerate only the works which make wrought iron direct from the ore and works which make blooms from pig iron or scrap iron for sale. Works which make blooms in connection with rolling mills and for use exclusively in these rolling mills are not separately classified, as they are auxiliary and not independent enterprises. In the Directory for 1892 we enu- merated 30 forges and bloomaries, and we now enumerate 25. Miscellaneous Works. — In the present edition, in addition to the works which have already been mentioned, we enumerate 133 plate and sheet mills, 29 stamping works, 66 iron and steel bridgebuilding works, 30 iron and steel shipbuilding yards, 13 horse-nail works, 21 locomotive works, 64 castriron pipe works, 32 wrought iron and wrought steel pipe w^orks, 66 car-axle works, 113 car-wheel works, and 109 carbuilding works. Natural Gas. — ^Natural gas is still used in a large number of our roll- ing mills and steel works. In the present Directory we enumerate 79 works which use this fuel in whole or in part — 42 in Allegheny coun- ty, Pa., 15 in other counties of Western Pennsylvania, 5 in Ohio, and 17 in Indiana. One works now being rebuilt in West Virginia and 2 works in course of erection in Indiana will also use natural gas. In the Directory for 1892 there were enumerated 74 works which used natural gas, but their consumption of this fuel was much larger than that of the 79 works which now use it. It is only in Indiana that the consumption of natural gas has increased during the last two years. In January, 1892, only 6 works in that State used natural gas. Canada and Mexico. — In the present edition we have revised the lists of blast furnaces, rolling mills, and steel works in Canada and Mexico which were first given in the Directory for 1892. Canada now has 7 completed blast furnaces and 13 rolling mills and steel works, while Mexico is credited with 13 blast furnaces and 6 rolling mills and steel works. Another furnace is being built in Canada. No. 261 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, May 15, 1894. J. M. S. B X SUMMARY BY eTATEB. ^M ^^^L BUMMARY BY STATES. ^^^| 1 B B.„. ^B 1 r Furnaces Com- t'umocea Parllj- Annual Caijoclty of Completed pleled Janu- 1 Eretwd Janu- ruraacea January. 18M, in 1 ■■ arj*, ISW. ary, 18M. groB tons. 1 1 ■ 1 1 - 2 1 i 2 S j \ M h ttfl ^ ComiHCtiout. . New York, . . IB 2 27 4B2.9O0 156,000 41,900 689,800 Hew5e»ey. . 1D9 76 u IW 2,662,SM 3,998,700 49,790 6,«05,B15 5 4 82 4 ;■ .... 778,000 2S6,nO0 37,000 404,000 West Vli^BinlB, .... 1 236,000 13 2 2 ;; ;>; Ma,ooo 40,200 49,500 142,600 252,600 590,iW) 40.200 TemiBBBee NortH Carollnm 63,000 »<.000 Alabama. . . , 38 52 1 1,485,400 1H500 1,679.900 85 19 39.850 :::: 381,500 116.(»0 61,500 2,030.550 27,000 1,3B3,700 331,500 305,160 46,000 Ohio 56 19 1,990,700 Z7,000 1,393,700 J 1 ' 1S9,000 45,000 MloneBota, . . S 3 160.000 S3,000 138,000 160,000 COlDIOdO. . . . ^ 15,000 10,000 15,000 Washington. , Total, . . . la m lis B19 ■ 4 > ' \2m.m 11.679,700 1,286,440 16,271,027 There wera no new (lirnooeB In couise of erection on the IM of Jsnuarj, 1S91. From January, 1S92, to JaQUar>-, lBfl4, we have Imnsterred to the abandouea list 66 ftiniaeea: 1 in Maine, 2 In ConnocHcnt, 11 In New Yori, 1 In Kew- Jersey, 20 In Kla. 2 in Alabama, 7 In Ohio, I in lUliiola, 3 In Michigan. 1 In Wisconsin, and 3 in Mlisourl. During the some period Ifl new fomoces have been built : l in New York, 5 in Vfrgliifa, 7 in Tennessee, 1 in North Carolina, I In Alahsmn, and 1 in Wisconsin. — ^ ^ aUMUART BY STATES. SUMMARY BY STATES. Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Tinplate Works, 1 s 1 a| |l si 1 1 1 Steel Works, 1 t i States. 1 i j 1 i Maine New HampBhlre, . Maasaehusetts, . . Rhode Island. . . Connecticut, . . . Hew Tort New Jersey, , . , Pannaylvaola, . . Delaware Maryland Virginia, Went VirglniB,, . . Kentucky TennefflPB, .... North C;arollna. . . Geoi^a Alabama Ohio, ' InfllaPH, minoi Iowa, .'..'.'.'.'.'. Colorado Wyomtog. '.'.'.'.'. CallftirniB, .... 221 * 9 6 .16 24 291 1,392 14B 41 77 316 20 1 1 1 s 3 'a 1 ei 3 25 1 i 1 8 "s 5 " Total 4B7 m 5,094 13 Numtier of loUIag rellla building, 8. Number or roUlng mills rebnlldltig, 1, Num- ber of steel plants building, ^ (1 Bessemer, l open-hearth, and 1 crucible,) all con- nected with roUIng mills. Number of tinplale worlis building, 2 and 1 partly built, • Excludes bU Bteel worts that contain no hot-rolUng trains of rolls. The number of wirc-nsil works in the Uult«d States Is 54 completed and 1 partly built, located in 17 States, as follows: Massachusetts, S; Rhode Island, l; Connecti- cut 8; New Yor!:, 5; New Jersey, 1; PennsylTanla, 9 completed and 1 partly built; Vitginia, 1 ; West Virginia, 1 ! Ohio. 7 ; Indiana, 3 ; Illinois, a ; Wisconsin, 2 ; Missouri, 1; Iowa, 1; Kansas, 1; Washington, 2; and Califorrda, 2, ORAND SUMMARY. GRAND SUMMARY. D Stebl Workb. >'uiiiber of completed Blast Furnaces— 259 Bilunilnous. 142 Ai IhmclU and Coke, and liH Charcoal: toul, Kumher of Bbut FurnaceB building, Annual capacity of completed Blast Furnaces, gnm Ions, . Anniin] capacity of the BlCondiions Furnaces, gross tons. . . Anuiml capacity of tha AnlhracUe FurDaces, grosB toni, . . Aannal CBpnclty of the Charcoal Fiitnaces, grosa tons, . . . Numberof completed KolUngMlllB andSieelWorks Number of Boiling Milli and Steal Works bnlldiug and n building, Kiimber of Single Puddling Funmces, (a double niniaoe counliDg as two single onei.) Number of Heating Fumaees, . Number of Tralna of Rolls Annnal CApacIly of completed Rolling Mllli;. gmes Uittn, Numbcrof Rolling MillshayingCatnallFaetarles, . . . Numberof Cut-nail Machines Xnmber of Wfre-nail Works Number of completed standard Beasemer Steel Workfl, . . Number of Besaamer Steel Worka building. Number of standard Besemer Converters— 95 txtmpleted, 2 building, and 1 partly built Annual capacity (built and building) In ingots and direct ci IngH, groBB tons Number of oomplettid Clapp-GrliBths Steel Works Number of Clapp-Grlfllttia Couvertera, Anniial oapaclty In ingots, gross tons Number of completed Kobert-Bessemer Steel Works Numlier of Robert-Beasemer Converters— 6 completed But partly built Number of completed Open-Heartb Steel Worts Number ot Open-Hearth Steel Works building Number of Open-Hearth Furnaces— 199 completed, 4 butlding. and 5 partly built Annual capacity (built and building) in Ingota and direct castings, gros tons. . , - , -.-,,.-., Number of completed Crucible Steel Works, Nimiber of Crucible Steel Works building .',... Number of Stael-melUng Pols which can be used at each heat. Annual capacity in ingota and direct casllngs, gross tons, . Number of completed Tinplate Works, Number of Tinplate Works building— 2 and 1 partly bnlll. . Number of Forgea making vrought Iron trom ore, Aiuinal capacity In blooma and billets, grosa tons, Number of pig and scrap iron Bloomariea Annual capacity in blooma, gross Ions, ll,5G0,Ta 10,a9T,M 3,t9S,38T I 1,254,376 J ia,5fi3,ffi& J S,5(B ] 18,929 20 32.14S THE IRON AND STEEL WORKS OF THE UNITED STATES. BLAST FURNACES. NoTB. — ^The following fiimaces 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. The dimensions given relate to the present size of fiimaces. When the power is not mentioned steam- power is understood. A list of recently abandoned furnaces or fur- naces which are likely to remain long inactive will be found begin- ning on page 67. MASSACHUSETTS. CHABCOAL. Lanesborough Furnace, E. T. Slocum, Trustee for creditors, Pittsfield. Furnace at Lanesborough, Berkshire county. One stack, 33 x 9J, built in 1847, burned in 1882, and rebuilt in 1882-3; hot blast; ore, local brown hematite; specialty, car-wheel pig iron; annual ca- pacity, 4,100 gross tons. Idle since the spring of 1889, and for sale. 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 18i4, and rebuilt in 1858 ; water-power. Cheshire Furnace, at Cheshire, 32 x 9, 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, 13,500 gross tons of foundry pig iron for cannon, car-wheels, and machinery. Brand, " Richmond." Main office at Richmond Furnace P. 0. Gfeorge Church, President, Great Barrington, Mass. ; M. H. Robbins, Vice-President, Lakeville, Conn. ; John H. C. Church, Secretary, Great Barrington, Mass. ; R. A. Burget, Treasurer, General Manager, and selling agent, Richmond Furnace. Number of furnaces in Massachusetts : 4 charcoal stacks. i; and H. M. CHmded, Secretarj- aod Tteaamr, 21 Coitlaiidt , 9cw Tfvfc. Seffing agent, F. J. Dominkk, SI Cortiandt wL, Sew BhBU boB aad Stoel BoDiog MiD CDmpuir, Bnnia, Chcnnuig eotmty. Tw>^Kk%CKlt57 z IS, bmit in IS73, and Bnt Ucwb in Octobei5. ISZS; sx BOB hoMii«A stores; fiiel, anlhradle c(mI and cofce; (Kt«, 1 aNii)l]r, N. Y^ and C^ibe eonUj, Rl, and D^ Ute Soperior and Ouada ; product tMcd prinripally ! n3a of the ormpaaj' far bar bint, an^ee, and pfatea ; total aRHod ii|iilji. SX^M gniea tooa. Idle anee tfae latter part of 189D, Hanii^B bos Wark% F^ankUn Iiua Mann&ctaring Companj. nsnk- ^ b« Worka P. Ol, Oneida axmlr. Ot^e Etai-t, 70 x 14, boilt in tSn, and KBodded in 1883, three fire-iiri^ norcs faaring been aAted; fael, anAactte raal sod coke; or^ loeal iwRl; paodnct, pag r, 32,100 g «■«. K L HedatEon, FTesdent, Ba&k>; E. F. Hoi^n. Tkeacaicr, SfiiM^; C H. aajth, SecmUirj and Saperiiitendeat. at the PuJ p utt b^ Woafe^ Hndaoa Itta Ctoeopaanr, Hndeoit, '"*'*—*■*« 1>Hk OMft^ ead SO X IS, conqileted and pot in opentioa i I, bn>«a heaiMiiae froa Wert Slo^- , led lienwtite fton Antwis 5. Y-, i«d ^mttlar boat • flxMB nxt Henrr and Forcet of Dean mam», Snr Tiafc; fiari, anthi*erte eoal; poodaet, priadpaltj best l^aAa of itadij iron, ^boogh it is abo nspd Sir beet padea of bwBw; total avmtaloapHL'ity, ^000 ginffibioft. Bnod, -> Htufam." Jobs E. ffiBetle^ PremiJeiil: F. H. SU>tt.Ti£e-PMadenit; Sauori B. binev, Secietarr anii TreaenrcT ; S. C. HcAitlnr, G en era l AgieDt. KitkLmd Fnmoce. Kirkiand, Otunda MMOtr- One rtaet. •& x 14. built in IS73. m.-(Hietnu.te<l in tS^ and chaiieed hm water to steam power; SieL iuitluBfite cool and coke; ix«s, lotad beBili&roas. Sartfaeni S>:n York hvmiitile, and Lake Champtaia magoetiL- ; an- naal eapadtx. IS,00i> ^rnee (ori& Spedaltj. Sxindrr pig iron. Btaod, "Kirth™?." Onoed br L X WiUiams ^ad Che estate of T. W. Dw^^ Addnea all cotumoaicatioiid h> L A. Vrdlioius, t'tk-a. Idfe snce tbe bQ of 1880i PDa^Lkei^MBe bun Comjttar, A. E. Tow«r, .\^cit, FDiij;hke«[«ie. Datdt- CK cooBtT. Two stad^ one, 93 \ 154, built in IStilX ami Che other, ro X 18, btitlt in 1360, and ivbaUt in t:^ : iw Ooidon jtov^ ; one. 4 Dutt.*beiis cuuuCy bruMiii bvnuiCitp, I Fbrt Henrv maicn^Ciii', and { FuKet of l>eaa, Oracige county ; fiiet, luichrai'ite i.-oal : ppjdOL-t. SmumI- T7 anil fbrge pig ip'u : tobil annual oipui'ity, IS>,0U0 jcruee tana. Brand, " Puoghkeepete.'* A. E. Tower. PKatdent. TKaeiu«r, and Agent : H. X. ^fe-inijuiikd^. Seccelary. gelliiig agenbi, Crooker Bintb- BIS. 33 Cliff sL. Se* York. NEW YORK. 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 ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ores, magnetic from Essex and Clinton counties and Lake Superior; prod- uct, Bessemer pig iron ; total annual capacity, 160,000 gross tons. See Rolling Mills and Steel Works, Number of anthracite and mixed anthracite and coke furnaces in New York: 19 stacks. COKE. Bufl^lo Furnace, Buffalo Furnace Company, Bufl^lo, Erie county. One stack, 80 x 18, built in 1892, and blown in February 25, 1893 ; three Cowper-Kennedy stoves; ore, Lake Superior hematite; fuel, coke; product, strong foundry pig iron ; annual capacity, 80,000 gross tons. Brand, "Buffalo." L. C. Hanna, President; F. B. Baird, Vice- President ; A. S. Hubbell, Secretary ; C. C. Bolton, Treasurer ; F. E. Bachman, Manager. Selling agents, M. A. Hanna & Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Niagara Furnace, Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company, North Tona- wanda, Niagara county. One stack, 76 x 17, built in 1873, and re- » built by the present company in 1890-1 ; three Cowper-Kennedy stoves, each 70 x 18; ores, hematite and specular from Lake Supe- rior; fuel, coke; product, foundry pig iron; annual capacity, 75,000 gross tons. Brand, " Niagara." William A. Rogers, President ; Archer Brown, Vice-President; George G. Hamilton, Secretary; William A. Gamble, Treasurer ; W. B. Kerr, Superintendent. Selling agents, Rog- ers, Brown & Co., Buffalo, Boston, and Cincinnati ; Rogers, Brown & Warner, New York and Philadelphia. Number of coke furnaces in New York : 2 stacks. CHARCX)AL. Chateaugay Ore and Iron Company, Plattsburgh, Clinton county. Two stacks in Clinton county : Plattsburgh Furnace, at Plattsburgh, 55 x 9J, first blown in in April, 1878, and rebuilt in 1885 ; Standish Fur- nace, at Standish, 60 x 11, first blown in in February, 1887 ; iron stoves; ore, Chateaugay magnetic; product, pig iron for car-wheels and malleable castings; total annual capacity, 18,000 gross tons. Brand, "Chateaugay." Smith M. Weed, President, M. F. Parkhurst, Cashier, and J. N. Stower, General Manager, Plattsburgh; F. J. Dominick, Vice-President, and H. M. Olmsted, Treasurer, 21 Cort- landt St., New York. See Forges, Chatham Furnace, Kelley Mining Company, lessee, Holland Building, 1440 Broadway, New York City. Furnace at Chatham, Columbia county. One stack, 32 x 9, built in 1873 ; put in blast in July, 1873 ; open top ; warm blast ; ores, brown hematite from West Pittsfield, Mass., and " Harlem Valley " hematite from Columbia and Dutchess NEW JERSEY. nual capacity, 26,000 gross tons. Walter Scranton, President, Moses Taylor Pyne, Vice-President, and H. V. Vultee, Secretary and Treas- urer, 52 Wall St., New York ; W. W. Pierce, Superintendent, at the works. Musconetcong Furnaces, Musconetcong Iron Works, Stanhope, Sussex county. Two stacks, 70 x 17J and 80 x 20, built in 1841 and 1843, and rebuilt in 1866 and 1869 ; No. 1 furnace has iron stoves and No. 2 has one single and one double CJooper-Durham stove ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ore, magnetic, mined in Morris and Sussex counties ; total annual capacity, 51,000 gross tons. Specialty, No. 2 foundry and gray forge pig iron. Brand, " M. I. W." J. R. Fell, President, Phila- delphia; H. H. Wilson, Secretary and Treasurer, 237 South Third St., Philadelphia ; I. P. Pardee, Superintendent, Stanhope, N. J. Sell- ing agents, Crocker Brothers, 32 Cliff St., New York ; J. Wesley Pull- man, 238 South Third St., Philadelphia. New Jersey Zinc and Iron Company, Newark, Essex county. Sales office, 98 William st., corner Piatt st., New York. Two stacks : A, 31 X 8, built in 1885 to take the place of two stacks built in 1855 and 1863 ; and B, 30 x 8, built in 1883 to take the place of a stack built in 1871 ; fuel, anthracite coal ; product, spiegeleisen, from zinc re- siduum; total annual capacity, 7,000 gross tons. Stephen S. Palmer, President, and A. P. Cobb, Acting Treasurer, 52 Wall st.. New York ; W. P. Hardenburgh, Manager, Newark. Oxford Iron Works, Oxford Iron and Nail Company, Oxford, Warren county. Main office, 52 Wall st., New York. One stack, 63 x 17, built in 1871 ; two Kent and one Durham iron pipe ovens ; fuel, anthra- cite coal; ore, magnetic, mined near the works; product, mill pig iron ; annual capacity, 19,000 gross tons. Product is worked up into nails, etc., by the company, only a small quantity of foundry pig iron being made and sold. J. S. Scranton, sales agent, 83 Washing- ton St., New York. See Boiling Mills. Passaic Zinc Company, Jersey City. Furnace in Hudson county. One stack, built in 1883, and first put in blast in February, 1884 ; rebuild- ing, to be 45 X 10 when completed; four 21-pipe Cooper-Durham stoves; fuel, anthracite coal; product, spiegeleisen, from zinc resid- uum; estimated annual capacity, 7,300 gross tons. William Rey- nolds Brown, President ; Charles B. Squier, Secretary and Treasurer ; Fritz Gleim, Superintendent. Selling agents. Manning & Squier, 111 Liberty st., New York. Pequest Furnace, Cooper & Hewitt, Oxford, Warren county. New York office, 17 Burling Slip. One stack, 67 x 16, built in 1874, and rebuilt in 1883 ; Durham iron pipe stoves ; ores. New Jersey mag- netic and foreign ; fuel, i anthracite coal and J Connellsville coke ; product, foundry, gray forge, and Bessemer pig iron ; iron actually made in one year, 24,862 gross tons. Brand, " Peqyx^\," ^. ^ . ^^Os.- a.-lt,g— J Ww^yn MMpitea^ W%. jMi|fciiiillPBnn«:.Et Ihunem, WnlM i nina; , M^p^ ■J ftti , Smt V«k «Bi Smt J 4Xar «U lanr To*. ■ OMqi^V^^taiftMHMB«,''<EH^n fl rCSX^TLViXtJU <■< WtaM ik ah «ac; «ial.4MtaMil» Mi «« •■tec ^w*!^^. %m\t^ t» «■»--: aw^ in— II ^gn^t. —■» j K 91 I f ill i f ii a . ir ii rn iiw fc . «| c. at PENNSYLVANIA. local hematite and New Jersey and New York magnetic; product, mill and foundry pig iron ; total annual capacity, 24,000 gross tons. See Rolling Mills. Bethlehem (The) Iron Company, South Bethlehem, Northampton coun- ty. Seven stacks, six owned and one leased, five at South Bethlehem and two at other places, all in Northampton county : No. 1, 61 x 15J, built in 1863 ; No. 2, 70 x 16, built in 1867 and rebuilt in 1877 ; No. 4, 7Q X 16, buUt in 1874-5 ; No. 5, 70 x 16, built in 1874-^5 ; No. 6, 70 X 16, built in 1881 ; No. 7, (Bingen,) 65 x 16, situated at Bingen, built in 1870; Nos. 2 and 6 are equipped with Siemens-Cowper-Coch- rane stoves; the others have iron stoves. Lucy Furnace, 65 x 14, leased from the Lucy Iron Company, situated at Glendon, built in 1872, and rebuilt in 1880. Product, Bessemer pig iron, from local and foreign hematite and magnetic ores; ftiel, anthracite coal and Connellsville coke ; total annual capacity, 135,000 gross tons. Foun- dations for Furnace No. 8 built in 1892 ; work suspended. (No. 3 Furnace, built in 1868, abandoned.) See Rolling Mills and Steel Works. Carbon Iron Works, Carbon Iron and Steel Company Limited, Mauch Chunk, Carbon county. Works at Parryville, in the same county. Two stacks, 52 x 14 and 65 x 14, built in 1864 and 1869, respectively ;' one elliptical 60-pipe and three 18-foot Cowper-Foote brick stoves; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; ores, hematite from Lehigh, North- ampton, and Carbon counties, magnetic from New Jersey and Lake Champlain, and foreign; total annual capacity, 48,000 gross tons. Product, " Carbon " foundry iron, " Parry " Bessemer iron, and " Vi- king" and "Vasa" low-phosphorus iron. (One stack, built in 1855, dismantled in 1893.) M. S. Kenmierer, Chairman, and H. A. Butler, Secretary and Treasurer, Mauch Chunk ; H. R. Hall, Superintendent, Panyville. Coleraine Iron Works, Estate of William T. Carter, deceased, Reding- ton, Northampton county. Two stacks, each 60 x 17, built in 1869 and 1872, and rebuilt in 1891-2 ; two hot-blast stoves ; fuel, anthra- cite coal ; ores, f hematite and | magnetic, from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Lake Superior region ; product, foundry pig iron ; total annual capacity, 40,500 gross tons. Brand, "Coleraine." Sell- ing agents, C. L. Peirson & Co., Boston and New York. Coplay Iron Company, Coplay, Lehigh county. Two stacks: one, 55 x 16, built in 1862, open top, and one, 70 x 15, built in 1868, and re- built in 1889, closed top ; two Thomas and one Cooper pipe stoves ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; ores, Lehigh county hematite and New Jersey magnetic; product, principally foundry pig iron; total annual capacity, 34,000 gross tons. Brand, "Coplay." (One stack, built in 1853, abandoned in 1892.) E. P. Wilbur, President, W. A. Wilbur, Secretary, and R. M. Gummere, Treasurer, Bethlehem; Hor- ace Boyd, Superintendent, Coplay. Cmro i^m W'irlut, Cnnv. Inm Oompan}', 224 Sootb Fourth et,, Hiila- /Mlifita. Wrirkii M t^taaiii<)iia. licihigh noanty. Fimr Rtu-ks: two 1h I M dfi'l Iw'j *) X 10. Ifriglnii] fanuu-va were built in 1839. 1S42, mm) IMtt; Oral Iron mulfii on July 4, 1840; present fumacee built in IMO. IM47, ortrf IWl : one liiu iron §tove« and three have Whitwell •Ifffrai ; fiiMl, nr)l)int('lt« cwl and eoke ; ores, Sew Jersey mi^netic, I'triiiiitrlviifiln hematite, lAkt^ Hiiiiorior, and foreigii ; apedaltiee, found- If, i-fn'iiAifurih, anil H(wwnior pig iron ; total annual nipadty, 136,000 liri'W t*.M«, llniixU, "dninc," "t^tle," und "Mohican," Robert F. Kotiiinily mill (^omard IV'kitt, Awigneca. Itriiitiwiilil KuriiiKi', l(()l)0i1 H. Ojloman. Trustee and Leasee, Lebanon. I^irimop iiti Kinitiiii, Ix^hl){h county. One staek, 66 x 16, completed Hiiil Hint pill III hliiit tMolwr 10, tB72: rebuilt in 1879-80; remodel- imI III im»0, and cinlpiM'-l with Uiiw 60 x 18 Gordon-Whitwell-Cow- |M'i' Iliii'lii'lrk uli'Vi'ii; Uicl, nnthrnoU' ponl and coke; ore, CornwaU; piiidiii'l, Oiviiwiill Hiw<i'iu«>r pin iroii; annual cspaeity, 29,000 gross liiiia. t'liiiiiiH'l.V t'lilliHl tliimiiH Fiirnaii;. A. Hess, Business Manager, t^lHiiuiiii AllMirt llriMlcn, (.It>m'n)l iUnnager, Re«ding. Selling agents hliliimW A l^nr«>". as rinll «,. Nbw Ywk. Owned by The Philadel- ' |ihlM uiiil ttiwdliiti t\wl ami Iniu CVmimny- S« OiMmok and Com- oxtl .InMoti-fh t\ltmntr, l.mrrr iS'MfWfJMnna VaBry. IhtfhHHt )n»k \Vi*k». 1\m<|«t a llcwilt, IQveek^-ille. Backs county. Nww Y.*V iiint-Tv IT Ihirhtis Slip. Ow sfcui. 75 x 19, bailt in 1874, *i/\\\ Mm IthiWH in tn I'Vltnwrr. liW : wk OioiM-Curfaam iion etovee ; tMi, ititthMiHta' ixwl «nvl l\innrtte«iU» rak*; one, ioai hemuite and WM)|M>lh\ N«"» J«4«<y iMctMk\ unl brNpi; qvcteUe^ gray fbtge Mtt'l Itwwmw* )4s iivw; InxK actanllv aadb m oae aluMkr year, ili^MA HMw hM«>. It(*n.t " t^wKMi." B. F. fWto»tl«l. Jr.. Genersi 8M,|it'4^h'^)MK S>4litW »p w»^ J. TVmJi Em Ji Co, 135 South M^ V\ \ r» V t\ ««^e<Mil hMWMC WW tei Uwa in ■■ 1M4. VMVM(iv W. «Wl <*•^ t«k?C <!*m<NW* •< fate «N«k^: «Mll WWHil ^ WWO )Mw«ai 4«iK « » Mm 4ft» t^^ - ~ Ifcn— X. amwt. PENNSYLVANIA. 11 Lehigh Steel and Iron Company, AUentown, Lehigh county. Two stacks: No. 1, 66 x 16, completed July 22, 1869, rebuilt in 1886; No. 2, 60 X 15, completed October 21, 1872, rebuilt in 1888; closed tops and fix>nts ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ores, Lehigh county and Lake Superior hematites and New Jersey magnetics ; specialty, high- grade foundry pig iron; total annual capacity, 37,000 gross tons. Brand, " Lehigh." Formerly operated by the Lehigh Iron Company. W. H. Ainey, President; H. J. Foster, Treasurer. Lehigh Zinc and Iron Company, Bethlehem, Northampton county. Main office, 925 Chestnut st., Philadelphia. One stack, 33 x 8}, first put in blast in February, 1882 ; two Durham stoves ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; product, spiegeleisen, from zinc residuum; annual capacity, 2,700 gross tons. Brand, "Lehigh." Richard Heckscher, President ; S. P. Wetherill, Vice-President ; J. Price Wetherill, General Manager; August Heckscher, Treasurer; J. H. Troutman, Assistant Treasurer; T. Lewis Thomas, Secretary. Macungie Furnace, Macungie Iron Company, 505 Chestnut st., Phila- delphia. Furnace at Macungie, Lehigh county. One stack, 56 x 16, completed in 1874, and blown in September 14, 1874 ; use old pat- tern Kent stoves; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; product, found- ry pig iron; annual capacity, 20,000 gross tons. James Singmaster, President; Charles Y. Audenried, Secretary and Treasurer. For lease. Northampton Furnace, Northampton Iron Company, Freemansburg, Northampton county. One stack, 65 x 15, blown in July 17, 1873. AV. A. Wilbur, President, and R. M. Gummere, Secretary and Treas- urer, South Bethlehem. Thomas Iron Works, The Thomas Iron Company, Hokendauqua, Le- high county. Eleven stacks, located as follows : six at Hokendauqua ; two (Lock Ridge) at Alburtis, Lehigh county ; two (Saucon) at Hel- lertown, Northampton county ; and one (Keystone) at Glendon, North- ampton county. At Hokendauqua there are two stacks, Nos. 1 and 2, each 60 x 16, built in 1855 ; two, Nos. 3 and 4, each 60 x 17, built in 1863 ; and two, Nos. 5 and 6, each 65 x 17, built in 1873. No. 1 will be rebuilt in 1894 and enlarged to 80 x 17. Of the Lock Ridge Fur- naces, at Alburtis, one stack, No. 7, is 60 x 14, and was built in 1867, and one stack. No. 8, is 60 x 16, and was built in 1869. The Keystone Furnace, at Glendon, (No. 9,) is 65 x 16, and was first put in blast April 17, 1876. Of the Saucon Furnaces, at Hellertown, one stack. No. 10, 60 X 16, was first put in blast March 25, 1868, and No. 11, 60 x 16, was first put in blast May 25, 1870. No. 10 will be rebuilt during 1894 and enlarged to 75 x 16. The Keystone Furnace (No. 9) has Sie- mens-CoT^^er-Cochrane regenerative stoves, and Hokendauqua No. 6 has Taws & Hartman regenerative stoves ; all the others have iron pipe stoves. No. 1, at Hokendauqua, and No. 8, at Alburtis, have 1" ■*■*!' ' ■" v: :•-■ - kl X " . . •>. . • « 1- • x:.""'.' . V :.-■ 1 t . .- - .. K ""T^ ;. '^ : >.- • • v "* _' ~*r' «.r»- 'tii' lSr~ 1 S 7. ■-"".>■■' a"-".- "■'■•* ■I • — : I 1.'* :. : ■".;, -Vi^ : k I 1 ■■ - ■ ■•^ _; ' . I ':■: <w:. '\ A 'II J" ryN ' ■">" r'«"^( - ^~.. '_!• ", _ r., '•Tin* » . • . '1 -• *.». ^\ ~ ".- .■ . ■ .;7-.:— :-:!'- l.»ri?t >!*: ^ 'It . , ■ . ^' "I .^. ■•••■* •» ^* '•I.'i !•. ji..i^ ^^ I .:■ ^ ii.j'-i •'li. ..v.. ■ PENNSYLVANIA. 13 President, and P. R. Stetson, Secretary and Treasurer, Reading. Sell- ing agent, J. J. Mohr, Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Lucinda Furnace, Lucinda Furnace Company, Norristown, Montgomery county. One stack, 55 x 14, built in 1856 ; rebuilt and enlarged in 1888-9 ; one Durham and two iron stoves ; fiiel, anthracite coal and coke; ore, foreign; product, Bessemer pig iron; annual capacity, 16,500 gross tons. Brand, "Lucinda." C. K. Lippincott, President, and Samuel C. Le Maistre, Secretary and Treasurer, 235 South Third St., Philadelphia. Montgomery Furnace, Montgomery Iron Company, Port Kennedy, Montgomery county. One stack, built in 1854, and first blown in in 1856 ; remodeled in 1863, 1869, and 1890 ; rebuilding ; stack to be 80 X 16J, and to have an annual capacity of from 45,000 to 50,000 gross tons; three Taws & Hartman stoves; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ore, foreign ; product, Bessemer pig iron and low-phosphorus pig iron for crucible and open-hearth steel purposes. Brands : for Bes- semer iron, an arrow, on the shaft of which are M * B; for low- phosphorus iron, an arrow, on the shaft of which are three circles, each containing the letter P. Philadelphia office, 330 Walnut st. Abraham S. Patterson, President ; Joseph Storm Patterson, Secretary and Treasurer. Selling agents. Pilling & Crane, Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Norristown Iron Works, Norristown Furnace Company, lessees, Norris- town, Montgomery county. One stack, 55 x 16, built in 1869, and rebuilt in 1871 ; closed top ; four Player iron stoves ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ore, principally foreign ; product, low-phosphorus pig iron; annual capacity, 25,200 gross tons. Brand, "Acme." James Pollock, President; Paul Thompson, Secretary and Treasurer, 206 South Fourth st., Philadelphia ; A. A. McHose, Superintendent. James Hooven, owner. Selling agents, E. R. Mann & Co., 147 South Fourth St., Philadelphia. Phoenix Iron Works, Phoenix Iron Company, 410 Walnut st., Philadel- phia. Works at Phoenixville, Chester county. Three stacks: No. 1, 59 X 15, built in 1845, and rebuilt in 1871 ; No. 2, 58i x 15, built in 1845, and rebuilt in 1871 ; No. 3, 59 x 15, built in 1849, and rebuilt in 1890 ; cast iron stoves ; fuel, anthracite coal and coke ; ores, mag- netic and hematite, from Berks and Chester counties, and New Jer- sey and foreign ; specialty, gray forge pig iron ; total annual capac- ity, 41,000 gross tons. Brand, " Phoenix." See Rolling Mills and Steel Works, Pioneer Furnaces, Pottsville Iron and Steel Company, Pottsville, Schuyl- kill county. Philadelphia office, 226 South Fourth st. Two stacks: No. 2, 60 X 13, built in 1866 ; and No. 3, 65 x 14, built in 1872 ; two Player and two Cooper iron stoves ; fuel, anthracite coal ; ores, for- eign, Lake Superior, and New Jersey magnetic *, produCiX,, ^fe«efc\riet * I I ui.AHT rt;BiiAC£e. ^H H»>1 mill |ii[[ Iroiii tfitul luinuul (^ttpocity, 40,000 groea tons. Brand " 11i>tiiH<r." Mv HutUng MUU and Strrl Wurki. HistillnH Inm (Vimpniiy, Reodlni;. Berks county. Branch office, 417 Wiilititi ■)-, riilliKlcilphiu. Konr etAcks: Reading Ftimaces, two stacks, M><1| (A K 14), Inillt ill ISM tttii) 1S73, respectJTely ; remodeled in liwit 1 (tint Kcyolouo funitift* of Re«ding. two et»^, 65 x 14i and All a l>V Iniill ill litW) Mill 187^-^. iv«petUTetT ; eight Dnrham and tlnvn l^nypr »Utvni! ftl«l, antlii'Arit«' i-oai and coke; ores, Lake Su- )H>iti«, Kittl h(<uiKtll<\ aiiJ Nt'W Jersey itnd Kew York tna^nietic ; )tr\<>h(ii, fttitiiilry and lutll ivg imn ; tola) annual capttdty, 76,500 gros K>4w«w)a V\ini»i*, Rotwauala Iron Olmiwny limited, Robeeonia, Hivka (omnty. ttnr trttu-k. M) x tS. butll in 1855, enlarged in 1S73, Mtld rcti^iDt In l!li<^; ftnir Whll«vll «lotT«; biel, roke; ore, Cornwall M><hiiiiit\vl.v ; (intihttH. IVtov-inor {ws iran ; annnal ca[wdtT. 48,000 !!)>,«• Mia. Bntntl. ' KtiWwinia.* iTW okl Rdbfsoaia Famace. built W )Md alkt rplwiti In 1»4\ v«es Mown cut fiir the Uel time in t«4 MMt ^MMmlM iu ISS4..1 W. C. PrtHMW. Chairman. Comwall ; WtHiaw H. WKlK>, !«(s-wtar>, ntOiMli^: Gmrar B. TaylM-. Mnna- (Mv H>.>t<MWW. S«4tii>« Acwkfc J. TtaaaK Lm i Co.. 13& Sooth t tuA, tMltMi.' V H' <.\'*) *Hi4 '.\'^ ; |«MhM^ f «MA MMMot Mi(<M4VVv M,lhM CtviM »MK. MkM>!*nK«M»MAt«>iiNtA.n«bll^kiK. 1W JMtks: >Ml 1,73 IMm « IlkonwMa wfMMMAXir >*Mwb iwA 3» x »; tmA. ■■!■■ s-Ae -A>»> Vo,* ,«.*« : vM - :,-%«« ipmiW a tt i ■ «NMnJ| Hint Vtt <*•• ^Mk «iA* mm lad PENNSYLVANIA. 15 Topton Furnace Company, Isaac Eckert, Manager, Topton, Berks coun- ty. One stack, 70 x 16, built in 1873, remodeled in 1888, and rebuilt in 1892 ; three Grordon fire-brick stoves ; ores. Lake Superior and lo- cal hematite; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; product, "Sheridan" foundry pig iron ; annual capacity, 36,000 gross tons. Henry S. Eck- ert and Isaac Eckert, owners. Selling agent, J. J. Mohr, Bullitt Build- ing, Philadelphia. Warwick Furnace, Warwick Iron Company, Pottstown, Montgomery county. One stack, 70 x 16, built in 1875, and first blown in in April, 1876 ; enlarged to pres