Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-03-18
MANUFACTURES oF STEEL.

we alluded yesterday article made vi steel
iae'ured in Richmond (o rather eeisle, OF Virginia
iron which would do credit British production. Bat
why notl Mr.. Broadmsadow, intelligent Engshman,
raised TO the business in mis- native county, conducted the
operation Of converting the lion into steel. Mr.. b., We
believe naIuazed years ago, By special OF
Congress. iudncemen, him settle in this county,
ant make hs skill aad scientific knowledge useful
lie asaed hiuti! 81 .hs iberay and has seeded h. Ia
my IN the t. :. M b. hss spent several years in the
mno.a! regions Il lac Siatss 10 the North, AMI
made many experiments, and valuable discoveries in
making iron aud steel. Having naturcd hs improvements
and procured patents for them he Richmond last
ia!. i;T view @; introducing thc Sale al flights in ylrg
nia bot upon examination OF the ds'eoi qua iios VI
made ibis STATE, and inaa some OF them ye.y "a.
PeTor for the Manufacture Of steel he concluded procure
OF The Leg.slsaTe. charter Tor int Stock Company,
with authority To manuacur" both iron and steel This
was granted; aud lac now proposes vest in the
psGy sucG fisais and interests ia the patents, viii
make he e";eTpnzo valuable To them, well To
lhe city couHiy where the works may be beat
ed. With view oi testing, ia regard TO ste,
what evident enough ic face of the pat, NJ
those acquainted with the sui ject few gentlemen st en-
ierprisc rad small Oyen "ConsufoTy" erected the
Island. where. usdsr l,ir observson Mr. b. converted
ic,. huud.'d lound- Z" Virginia made lron ino Sset-
No would probably sye doubted that tbs could be
done, especially 10y EugshInan Yankee hut that il
should he done here in V,rgaia bY Virgins enterprise
was not a little marvellous The experiment was
well. however, to dssiplts OF tina; doubt which
seenIs 10 hang. like a deadly mdew over every
thing among u.s. connected with the mechanic arts IL has
established 6rst that the Virginia lron is what Mr. p sup
posed be, excellent article the production Of
good Steel and secondly, that Mr. b. claim ia real i'm.
pIovement in makiny Steel. The patent granted iur
welding up the bisies With the heat that converts
the Iron into Steel either by ammeriag rolling. Steel
made by placing layers Iron aud ine charcoal
IN alright OSsn cOHreJfry constructed OF fire bricks
or stoves and then subjected space DAYS
Welding heat, until, by tine infusion Of carhJn the bars
are converted through and raised m blisters By Mr. Bs
improvement (~hcn this point OF time and condition is a.
c.roned by drawing bars the steel Is drawn and
passed through Rollers which instantly weld up all the
bsters and the bars pat the shapes desired for
sale, without the least loss Of carbon, weight OF metal
By the old pian the whole full is permitted to cool
requiring several days lose Of tiL and the steel il sold IN
the blistercd state the additional expense incurred
Of fiF,rng IT up.-Tehei,lng and rolling or hammcring
brig proper ssp.-. In this operation there II.
both loss metal sHd deterioration Of quality TO be en-
CONNECTED.
One Of tAese w convert five tons at a time and
the may he DONE the stoe rolled proper shapes for sale
the cooled IN weeks time. Those well &C.
quainIcd with such ousne.I can readily calculate the pro-
fits which may be expected We Gnd 10 tho Treasury Re-
pors that the year 1897, SG5GlIl worth Of steel was
imported, aud suppose S5O0GO0 worth would not be On
unreasonable ave'ege Of imports. We are gfauiod 10
learn that NJ Is. propOscs t. make Richmond his home
and ~ the Company the exclusive privilege Of
making steel which tai make the busines, a yer,
profitable one 10 those concerned.