Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-09-01
The Clarendon Iron Works.

The Clarendon Iron Works.
Yesterday afternoon, by invitation of Mr. H
NJ Drane, Agent of the new Machine shop and
Foundry now being erected in the Southern portion
of the town, we visited the location of the works
in progress, which seems to be good one, afording
excellent facilities for business, either in or out OF
town. The space upon which the buildings are TO
be situated is 264 feet by 21O feet having passage
20 feet in width, leading down TO the Companys
wharf, which has front of one hundred feeton the
Cape Fear River. The building for the Finishing,
or machine shop proper, has already advanced to
some height and is being pushed forward with ener-
gy. 1t will be handsome and substantial brick
building of hundred feet long by fifty feet wide,
and forty feet high. The buildings for the Foundry,
Boiler shops, Blacksmiths' shop, ETC. will be on
similar scale, both as regards size and adaptation TO
the purposes for which they are designed, and ar
ranged with reference 10 easy means OF communl-
cation between themselves, and an economical hand
ling of work. They will be shortly commenced,
and rapidly pushed forward TO completion.
The Clarendon Iron Works. is the name selec-
ted for this establishment and the company by which
it is being put up is composed OF numter OF gen
tlemen of capital and energy, residing here. We
believe the object is to organize definitely under the
general of the Legislature, passed to encourage
the investment of capital in mining manufacturing
and so forth.
The capital of the Company is ample, and the
buildings those of first class establishment in
to which hands and machinery will he put to meet
all orders promptly and satisfactorily. 1t is pro-
posed to build stationary engines Of all sizes, con-
densng and non -condensng; circular upright, and
portable steam saw mills complete; -four and grlst
mills; mining machinery; water wheels boilers, OF
all kinds and sizes; iron railing; bridge castings
and iron and brass castings of all kinds; steamboat
engines pumps heavy and light forgngs etc, etc;
and in tme to build locomotives, should the demand
warrant Of course, repairing of all sorts will be
done The Company hopes to get into operation by
the middle of November.
We are sincerely rejoiced 10 perceive this spirited
movement towards the introduction of manutactur-
ing industry into Wilmington, with the threefod Ell
feet of adding an important element to the growth
of the place-of rendering North Carolina to that
extent less dependent upon other States, and of rails
ing up body of home mechanics it being the nten-
ton of the company to take apprentices in the vari-
Gus departments which go TO make up Machine
Shop and Observation-Disclosures g Fnishers' y
Moulders, Pattern Makers, Boiler Makers and Black
smiths al! of whom will be fully instructed in their
respective trades skilled labor of home growth has
been and is the great want of the South. which more
than all other causes has retarded her progress and
Development
The favorable position of Wilmington for commerce
is equally favorable for manufacturing, by afordng
facilities for obtaining supplies, and for exchanging
the results of manufacturing industry for the pro-
ducts Of agricultural labor. We necessarily de-
pendent upon the interior for breadstufs &C. let us
send them, in turn manufactured articles. We have
in the State-and shortly to be brought within easy
access OF Wilmington--the materials for nearly
every branch of manufactures and have also the
same means for shipping the manufactures that WE
: have for receiving the raw materials.
Our namesake, Wilmington, Delaware, is ex
ample OF the influence of manufactures upon the
f growth and prosperity of town. With little nj
commercial other advantages lis advance il
wealth and population has been both rapid and solid
chiefly due to the iron works established in AM
around il. We trust that the establishment of tn
clarendon Works here may be the means of draw
ing the attention of capitalists strongly in tina
direction, and of giving impetus to new branc
of business mutually advantageous to the communi
ty and those engaged in it.