The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-27

Situated in the City of NEW CASTLE, PA,
between the Shenango and NeshannocS
rivers at their junction, and erected al a
cost OF Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
The Real Estate comprises nearly Is Acres,
and the Works have a capacity OF 900
TONS OF IRON and $1,000 KEGS OF NAILS
The following is a detailed List of Build
ipgs and Machinery:
Mill Building, lG2xS.
Wing Forge, ljON,O.
Nail Factory Building, l3ix6}.
Nail Warehouse Ctwo-storyl, lOOX2.
Iron Warehouse, lUOX21.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, 15xlS.
Office, Blacksmith Shop and Carpenter
Shop.
Stable for twelve head.
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces, -Four Heat
ing Furnaces.
by y feet.
Two Iron Stacks for same.
one Horizontal Engine in Mill, % inches
Cylinder, feet stroke.
one Upright Engine in Mill, ~ inch CYL
Under, feet stroke.
One Pumping Engine, Doctor
One Burden SqueeZer.
One lS-inch Muck Train, complete.
One Nail Plate Train.
one Bar Mill Train three high IL and
Pinch diameter, with Rolls for making
full assortment of Bar Iron.
one Guide Mill Train, with Rolls for max
ing n full assortment OF Small Iron and
Hoops, tcomplete.l
Muck, Spike, Plate, Nail Plate. Bar and
Small Mill Shears.
Fan for heating Furnaces.
Three large Cranes.
Rolls for grinding Fire Clay.
SPIKE FACTORY BUILDING.
One Railroad Spike Machine;
Two Boat Spike Machines;
Turn N I n tcOn DlptHl.
One Turbine Water Wheel, for driving
Spike Machines and Lathe.
The Shafting, Betting, PullieS &c, in MIL
and Spike Factory are in good order.
NAIL FACTORY.
Three Cylinder Boilers, 81 inch by 81 feet;
One Engine, l6-inch cylinder, foot stroke,
Thirty-three Nail Machines;
Ten GrindstoneS;
One Majors Furnace;
One Annealing Furnace;
One Bluing Furnace;
| Wrought Iron Skating;
Cast Iron Pullies complete.
Foundation of Stone.
The Buildings and Machinery are all in
good order, and the works could be started
| in a weeks time.
The location of the Works as Manufac-
turing Site is unsurpassed. Being right in
the heart Of n district that produces one
sixth of all the pig metal manufactured In
! the United States, II has the advantage OF
| free selection of metal, and at prices below
| those necessarily charged after tr5lnsporta-
ton to a distant market. Being near the
Lakes, the ores of Lake superior can be de
! livered at low figures. Block and Soft Coal
are abundant, and by a branch Of the Erie
and Pittsburgh Railroad, now completed,
can be delivered from the cars into the mill
without teamjng. BY the same branch, the
manufactured Iron and Nails can be snip
I ped To all points from the door OF the Ware
/ house without expensive teaming.
! The large amount of Real Estate connect
[ ed with the works will afford ample oppor-
/ tunity for their extension by the Building
! of Blast Furnaces and other improvements
| without the possibility of ever being cramp-
| ed for room.
To any one DESTROYS of entering into the
! iron business the present opportunity ~
rare one, MS the pToprietOrs are too extern
! sively engaged in the Lumber and Glass
business 10 give the manufacture OF Iron
, their personal attention, hence the works
will bG sold on advantageous terms.
! DITHRIDGE d CO..
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa
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