The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-09-03


Situated in the City of NEW CASTLE, PA,
between the Shenango and Neshannock
rivers, nj their junction, and erected nj a
cost of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
The Real Estate comprises nearly is Acres,
and the Works have capacity OF CIV
TONS OF IRON and 5000 KEGS OF NAILS
The following is a detailed List Of Build
ings and Machinery:
Mill Building, lS2XS.
Wing Forge, l50X7O.
Nail Factory Building, l3iX6S.
Nail Warehouse CtwO-storyl, lOXS.
Iron Warehouse, lUON2,.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, 15XlS.
Office, Blacksmith shop ana carpenter
shop.
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces. -Four Heat
ing Furnaces. An, ,o,..,,,
by - feet.
Two Iron Stacks for same.
One Horizontal Engine in Mill, ~ inches
Cylinder, 4 feet stroke.
one Upright Engine in MIL, - inch CYL
indeT, feet stroke.
one Pumping Engine, (Doctor.)
one Burden Squeezer.
One lS-inCh Muck Train, (complete.l
one Nail Plate Train.
one Bar Mill Train three high l6 and
Pinch diameter, with Rolls for making a
full assortment of Bar Iron.
one Guide Mill Train, with Rolls for max
ing full assortment of Small Iron ana
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 Boa Spike Machines;
Turning Lathe, latest pattern lcomplete)'
One Turbine Water Wheel, for driving
Spike Machines and Lathe.
The Shafting Betting, Pullies, &c, i'm Mil
and Spike Factory are in good order.
NAIL FACTORY.
Three Cylinder Boilers, - inch by n feet;
one Engine, l6-inch cylinder, & foot stroke,
Thirty-thTee Nail Machines;
Ten GrindStOnes;
one Majors Furnace;
One Anncaling Furnace;
One Bluing Furnace;
Wrought Iron Shafting;
Cast Iron Pullies completel.
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 il unsurpassed. Being right III
/ the heart 0f district that produces one
sixth of all the pig metal manufactured III
the United States, II has the advantage of n
free selection OF metal, and nj prices below
/ those necessarily charged after Transports
ton To Il distant mnrkci. Being near the
/ Lakes, the ores of Lake Superior can be de.
/ livercd at low figures. Block and Soft Coal
are abundant, and by n branch of the Erie
and Pittsburgh Railroad. now completed
can be delivered from the cars into the mil
without teaming. BY the same branch. the
manufactured Iron and Nails can be ship
ped to all points from the door Of the Ware
hauSe without expensive tealning.
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 crainp-
ed for room.
To any one DESTROYS Of entering into the
iron business the present opportunity Is a
rare one, as the prOprielOrs are too eXten-
siyely engaged I'm the Lumber and Glass
business TO give the manufacture OF iron
their personal attention, hence the works
will be sold on advantageous terms.
DITHRIDGE g. CO.,
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa.
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