Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-02-12
Slin m6ktn Furnace.

Shnm0kfn Furnace.
The friends of American industry generally.
and of the great staples of Pennsylvania, par
tlcularly, will be gratificd at the commence
mant of every enterprise winch has for its 6b.
iect the development OF the almost inexhausti-
bic resources which our State possesses in her
mines and minerals. AT the present tune, dis.
cnuraging in SD many respects TO an invest
ment III the manufacture Of IRON, looking to the
operation OF the tariff after the Both of next
June; il requires considerable resolution to
embark large capital in an enterprise that has
heretofore been attended with so little profit.
TO those who feel an interest in our HOME
MANUFACTURE, brief description of the fur.
mace lately erected by the SHKAoKIN Coal
AND Iron COMPANY, may not prove unintereSt-
ing. This furnace has been erected on the
property Ufthe Company at the village Of Sha-
mokin, in Northumberland county, twenty
miles from Sunbury, to which point the Dan.
vile and Pottsville Railway is completed, on
the contemplated route TO the latter place
The furnace is now in full blast, under the
charge of VIM. Frimstone, turning out Pig
metal Of the very best quality, containing much
carbon, and exhibiting in It's fracture the graz
open grain, SO desirable in foundry iron, for
fine and delicate nouldings The machinery
performs admirably IN all its parts, and the
company have spared neither pains nor expense
to secure the best talents and practical skill
IN its construction and arrangement. II Is
contemplated atsome future time to extend the
present Improvements by the erection of ai
dltional works. Already the forest has given
place to the march Of civilization, and the will
i'derness has been made to bloom and blossom
as the rose. The village Of Shamokln, which
has started into existence within the last four
years, already contains morGthan SIX HUNDRED
inhabitants, near three hundred of whom are
scholars in the Sunday school, and it is destined
at no distant period to become large and four
shing town. with a sober, hardy and industr-
Gus population Of the bone and sinew OF the
country. Few places possess greater advan-
tages for prosecuting the coal and iron business
During tie past year about $4,000 tons of coal
aud 50oUtons Of iron ore, besides other freight
belonging TO this Company alone, were carried
upon their railway and they possess facilities
for increasing this branch oi'ther business to
any required extent The route 10 narke. is
from Sunbury, by the Pennsylvania, and Sus
qnehanna and Tide Water Canals, to IIavrc
dctGrace. III then has the choice OF the Phi.
ladclphia, Baltimore or'ather markets
The Furnace is IS feet square, base, bull,
up IL feet high plumb, then battered y inches
to the foot, to the top Of the stack, which is
III feet high from the commencement Of the
basc. Foundation under the whole, feet deep
/ and IL feet square. The tunnel head bult on
the top is ia feet high, with three charging
doors cast iron frames and chutes TO each
door. A'he arches Tor fuyers are 10 feet wide :,
tempt arch ID feet wide, hearth 3 feet high
/ from the surface, in order TO give sufficient fell
for iron and'Cindor into casting house floor. The
I furnace hearth is 6 feet high from the bottom
to the boshlng; 'he hearth 3 feet square a, bot
/ tom, and feet at top, the tuy.r l-3 feet
I high from the bottom the 'bosh incllnes "A
inches TO the foot from top 'ofhea.th 10 the top
of bosh, which is ID feet across. The interior
of the stack is lined with fire brick called buhS
head, Ii inches long. The space between the
main stack and lining is filled with small
broken stone The furnace is braced wlth bars
of iren entirely through, with large washers
and keys, four feet apart. Engines lSOhorsc
power. Blowing cylenders - inches dame
ter, G feet stroke, with two fly wheels, i6! feet
diameter. Vertical engines. The steam and
blowing cylinders arc worked by large cast
4 iron lever beams, each weighing tour tons,
/ which rest upon stone pier IN the centre
large condenser, with large copper exhsusting
pipe. Ten boilers, each 80 feet long and 80
inches calIbre. Engine house 60 feet long and
30 feet wide. Boiler house b6'feetby 40. Boi-
Ter stack 20 feet high, Casting house 45 feet
long, AZ feet wide, and 30 high to the square.
There are two sets Of heating ovens, with the
necessary pipes for two furnaces. The c,,.
gines are the same which were for short time
at Farrandsville, and are pronounced of very
superior workmanship North American.
Vhe following play upon words occurred in
the Attorney Generals argument, in late
capital trial:-She came To SISTER TO ASSIST
HER.
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