New-York tribune., 1870-11-08
THE KRUPP CANNON.

VISIT TO THE KRUPP ESTABLISHMENT AT ESSEN.
A late Leipsc journal the Cnsereseit," con-
tains description of the celebrated cannon manufactory
Of Krupp which at present of considerable Interest
At the time England inforced the continental system
the impossibty Of procuring good cassteel became so
serious in consequences that Napoleon l. offered re-
ward OF francs for the manufacture OF that art
erick Krupp. a wealthy and enterprisng German, inn
nsrimet and aSough he finally succeeded in solving
the technical problem, he was not destined TO reap the
Krmpp died in 1871 in reduced circumstances bequeath
ng to his children the invention TO which he had devoted
SET TO work In the small forge built by his father and
assisted at first by only two Trustworthy work9en HIS
from year to year. At present he directs one OF the
most extensive industrial enterprises of the day
On approaching the establishment 10 which but few
persons connected with 1t ever gain ADMISSION one
Il almost stunned by the deafenng noise and din OF ham
mers and machinery, which becomes almost insupport-
able whenever the colossal hammer Przo of 1OOo hun-
sS wsss vide at sGnf IN 61g
keeper. Here everybody working In the forge shoWsa
card on entering Which .r Is nsa 70 70 % a
central Office where they have to apply Tor permission
may be obtained excepting always the buildings in which
the manufacture:of casteel is going on the admtanee
with them When the idea constructing the
hammer Fritz" first conceived in 1889, 1t became
machnists not connected with the establish.
ment and was generally rdicued The construction OF
such tremendous engine was held to he an impossible,
ity and even If completed II was argued that II wond
be beyond all human skill tO bring IL into motion; finally
il was said the hammer wonld destroy Itself and every
os m sR without eay se although he & not
the enormous difficulties to be encountered and In time
soGsss two the or p Of the PORN
filled with smelted cassteel upon which, before II
became cold, castiron poured, the lower part OF
which mixed homogenousy with the surface OF the cast
steel thus forming one solid mass When block OF steel
hammer, the immense mass OF metal Is removed from
Gs fn eaTv csn Sh ge e
crane encrcle it, and In few seconds the lump Is lifted
and deposited on the anvil The heat emenatng Iron from
25 yards; the worknen, however, protect themselves,
cycop commences and as he descends with his
GUS weight the mass OF metal below, myriad OF OF
hammer has cost 10000 thaer although every part of
was manufactured within the forge; i is worked almost
earn the interest on the capital invested in it,
This estabsh ent Is not devoted 10 warke materiai
solely All sorts Of railroad material OF the heavier KIND
is produced In enormous quantities quantity OF axle
before the sold To French railroad com
miles, OF them found to be in the least dam
aged Even England the country OF caststee sends or
the Colonies and TO the United States amounted to 5Gi
axle-trees and IL 1896 wheel-bandages
states and France and the other maritime countries
necessarily led to the demand for more powerful wea
q nss Of ne Ss @ nG
the construction OF cannon Killed cannon superSedhY
tensve use during The civil war in the United states,
while the first breechloaders were manufactured by
krupp, WntNOIln, anu hIluslIOhk ~
first used in the construction OF light pieces only
until il was found TO be ut for the manufacture OF guns
Of the heaviest calber the danger OF their explosion be
ing Obvaed by giving greater strength OF metal 10 the
breechend Of the cannon, and by enclrcng the same
with several bands OF cast steel Of different degrees OF
strength. In one of the buildings is seen the 1ooo-
FOUNDER gun which created such sensation at the ex
hbition in Paris in 1867. IL thought the frussin
would order 10 10 be shipped 10 te coast o
either the German the Baltic Sea- TO be used Tor coast
realized, and as the French fleet has al
ready withdrawn from those waters, perhaps the
gun may be brought into during the siege OF Pafls
The gun intended for coast defense, ana was cal
plated rOn-cad In existence II has one great adyan
the heavy coumblads of Odma In the greater
facility OF pointing IL in any direction OWING 10 he ease
with which IL moves the gin-carriage. Inc cannon
proper OF the finest pieces OF steel whe cou pos
sbly made weighed pounds before II was bored
after that process only 10000 showing the enormous loss
In material OF 1900 pounds The castotee bands which
encrce the weigh 60O0 pounds, the inner slde
has 40 spiral grooves which represent iehetn 0t
in ches; the massive solid projectile weighs lo0
pounds, while the caststeel grenade does DOT exceed
900 pounds The charge Of powder ranges from Ip 10
I20 pounds for each shot the cost Of the gun gun
carriage and the other appurtenances amounts 70 iioUo
thaers The other smaller guns exmDitcu Dy hriPp ia
in 1867 have attracted decidedly greater attenuon tha
the above described and he has obtained prize ea
Tor every OF the designs invented W h INC hier
Of OF all descriptions manufactured hTupp
reaches $500 Of an aggregate value OF Ivo ,naeIs
European and other governments, representing Nhiue
OF tbaers OF these 96 per cent are Dfeech
leaders, varying In caber from 10 800 POuhus Whie
few OF them will have q calber OF GOV ana even l,UU
the most extensive purchases OF Krpps guns and the
Of their artillery II the best proof YIN, ,e
placed In his caststeel brecc leaders has not
been misplaeed The Emperor Napaeon ana hS Ntue1y