The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-30

Situated in the City OF NEW CASTLE, Pa,
between the Shenango and Neshannock
rivers, at their junction, and erected AT a
cost OF Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
The Real Estate comprises nearly Is Acres,
and the Works have capacity of 0UD
TONS OF IRON and 5000 KEGS OF NAILS
per annum.
The following is detailed List OF Build
ings and Machinery:
Mill Building, lg2xSS.
Wing Forge, lDXIU.
Nail Factory Building, l3iX6S.
Nail Warehouse ttwo-storyJ, lUOX2.
Iron Warehouse, lOJN25.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, 75XlS.
Office, Blacksmith shop and Carpenter
shop.
stable for twelve head.
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces. -Four Heat
ing Furnaces.
six DOuble-fiued Boilers in Mill, ~ lncneA
by y feet.
Two Iron Stacks for same.
One Horizontal Engine in Mill, % inches
Cylinder, b feet stroke.
One Upright Engine in Mill, ~ inch Cyl
inder. = feet stroke.
One Pumping Engine, lDOCtOr.l
One Burden SqueeZcT.
One is-inch Muck Train, complete.
one Nail Plate Train.
one Bar Mill Train three high 10 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, lcOmplctc.l
MUCK, Spike, Plate, Nail Plate, Bar and
Small Mil Shears.
Fan for heating Furnaces.
Three large Cranes.
Rolls for grinding Fire Clay.
SPIKE FACTORY BUILDING.
One Railroad Spike Machine;
Two Boat Spike Machines;
Turning Lathe, latest pattern complete;
One Turbine Water Wheel, for driving
Spike Machines and Lathe.
The Shafting, Betting, PullieS, DC, in Mil
and Spike Factory are in good order.
NAIL FACTORY.
Three Cylinder Boilers, - inch by - feet;
One Engine, l6-inch cylinder, = foot stroke,
Thirty-threc Nail Machines;
Ten GrindStOneS;
One Majors Furnace;
One Annealing Furnace;
One Bluing Furnace;
Wrought Iron Shaiting:
Cast Iron Pullics tcOmpeter
Foundation of stone.
The Buildings and Machinery are all In
good order, and the works could be- started
in a week 4 time.
The location of the Works rs Il ManufaC-
! turing Site is Unsurpassed. Being right in
! the heart Ell district that produces one
! sixth of all the pig metal manufactured in
! the United States, II has the advantage OF a
( free selection of metal, and at prices below
those necessarily charged after transpOrta-
/ ton to a distant market Being near the
. Lakes, the ores Of Lake superior can be de-
/ ivercd AT low figures. Block and Soft Coal
are abundant, and 10y branch OF the Erie
and Pittsburgh Railroad, now completed,
! can be delivered from the cars into the mill
without teaming. BY the same branch, the
manufactured Iron and Nails can be ship
ped to all points from the door OF the Ware
house without expensive leaning.
The large amount of Real Estate connect
i cd with the works will afford ample oppOr-
( tunity for their extension 10y 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 i q
/ rare one, rs the pToprictOrS are too cNten-
Sivcly engaged i'm the Lumber and Glass
business TO give the manufacture of iron
! their personal attention, hence the works
J will be sold on advantageous terms.
/ DITHRIDGE d CO.,
( New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa.
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