The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-25
d U.BLaI.C SALE.

II not sofa previously al PElFatc saiS'
Will be Sold at Public Auction,
On the premises, at one O'Clock,
Friday, September 8, 1870,
TheLaWrenCeI Iron Works
Situated IN the City Of NEW CASTLE, Pa, be.
tween tho SheaamgO and Neshannock rlvers, Al
their junction, and crested at cost OF Two Hun
dFGd Thousand Dollars
The Teal Estate comprises nearly IS Acres
aud the Works hayeA capacity OF 5000 TONS
OF IRON and $1,000 ARCS OF NAILS pei
Annumy n ..t. ~ = IL
Tho iollowingtS detailed List OF Buildings
aud Machinery: ~.
MIL Building. 102xs3.
Wing (FoFgeD: 1o0x1O. 70
Nall Factory Building, 1SIx6S.
Nail Warehouse (tw0Story), 100x8l.
Iron Warehouse, 10Ox25.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, 76X1S
OhIce Blacksmith Shop aud Carpenter Shop.
Stable for twelve head.
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces, -Four Heating
Biz Double.fuctl Boilers in Mill, 40 inches by
% feet. .H
Two Iron Stacks for same.
One Horizontal Engine In Mill, IT Inch CylIn'
der, o feet stroke.
One Upright Engine In Mil, 20 Inch Cylinder,
feet stroke. -E
one Pumping Engine, Doctor. l....a
ono burden SquceICr, t...
One IS inch Muck train, Completely
One Nail Plato Train. .ar d.
One Bar Mill Train three high ii and IL inch
diameter, with Rolls for ulaklnga full assortment
Of Bar Iron.
null assortment Of small Iron and Hoops. Com
plcte) =,
Muck, Spike, Place, Nail Plate, Bar aud Small
MIL Shears.
Fan for Heating Furnaces.
Three large Crlncf.
Rolls for grinding Fire Clay.
,a Spike Factory Building.
Ono Railroad Spike Machine.
Two Bout Spike Machines.
Turning Lathe. latest pattern (Complete)
One Turbine Water Wheel, for driving Spike
Machines and Lathe.
Tho Shafting, Betting, PullleS, &C., IN Mill and
Spike Factory arc In good order.
ta. Nail Factory.
Three Cylinder Boilers 80 inch by 81 feet.
Ono Engine, IS inch Cylinder, t0Ot stroke.
ThIrty.thrco Nail Machines.
Ton GFindGtonGs.
One Majors Furnace.
Ono AnnOaltng Furnace.
One Bluiug Furnace.
Wrought Iron Shaiting.
Cast'IrOn PnlliCS, (cOmplUleO
Foundation OF Stone, "
The Buildings and Machinery are all In good
order, aud the works could he started In weeks
time
Tho location Of tho Works. as a Manufacturing
site Is unsurpassed. Being right In the heart Of
district that produces one sixth of all the pig
metal manufactured In the United States, It has
the advantage Of FREQ selection Of metal, and
at prices below those necessarily charged after
transportation to distant market. Being near
tho Lakes, tho ores Of Lake Superior can be DE-
lIverCd at low figures. Block and Son Coal arc
abundant, and by branch Of tho Eric and Pitts
burgh Railroad. now completed, can bO delivered
from tho cars into the mill without teamng. BY
the same branch, tho Manufactured Iron and
Nails can be shipped to all points frOm the door
Of the Warehouse without expensive tcamtng.
The large amount Of Real BStAtC connected
with tho works will afford ample opportunity for
their extension by the building u Blast Fur
uaCCR and other improvements without tho pos
slbillty Of ever being crampGd for room.
To any ono deSlrOus Of entering Into the Iron
business tho present opportunity Is raro one,
u the proprlGtoTB arc too extensively engaged In
the Lumbar and Glass business to give The mAu'
ulcture OF Iron their personal attention, hence
the Works will DO sold on advantageous terms.
DITHRIDCE & CO.,
hnWth ~ New Castle IHWFDnch Comfy Pa