The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-23

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The Lawrence Iron Works,
Situated in the City Of NEW CASTLE, PA,
between the Shenango and NeShannock
rivers, al their junction, and erected at a
cost OF Two Hundred thousand Dollars.
The Real Estate comprise nearly Is Acres,
and the Works have n capacity oi INU
TONS OF IRON and 00,0o0 KEGS Of NAILS
The following is a detailed List Of Build-
ings and Machinery:
Mill Building, lG2xS5.
Wing Forge, lJOXTO.
Nail Factory Building, lSiNG5.
Nail Warehouse (two-storyD, iOpNo2.
Iron Warehouse, lUUX25.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, 15NlS.
Office, Blacksmith shop and Carpenter
Shop.
Stable for twelve head.
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces. -Four Heat
ing Furnaces,
Six Doublc-hued Boilers in Mil, ~ inches
by - feet.
Two Iron Stacks for same.
one Horizontal Engine ia Mil. u inches
Cylinder, D feet stroke.
One Upright Engine in Mil, % inch CYL
Under, feet stroke.
one Pumping Engine, Doctor.
one Burden SIuceZer.
one lS-inch Muck Train, complete
one Nail Plate Train.
one Bar Mill Train three high Ii and
Finch diameter, with Rolls for making a
full assortment of Bar Iron.
one Guide Mill Train, with Rolls for max
ing a full assortment Of small Iron and
Hoops, (cnmpletc.l
Muck, Spike, piaic, Nall Plate. R1T ana
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:
Turning Lathe, latest pattern complete:
one Turbine Water Wheel, Tor driving
Spike Machines aud Lathe.
The Shufting, Betting, PullieS, &c, in MIL
and spike Factory are i'll good order.
NAIL FACTORY.
Three Cylinder Boilers, ~ inch by - feet;
one Engine, l6-inCh cylinder, u foot stroke,
Thirty-thrpc Nail Machines:
Ten GrindStoneS;
one Majors Furnace:
One Annealing Furnace:
one Bluing Furnace;
Wrought Iron Shafring;
Cast Iron Puliies lcOmpict".
Foundation ofStOne.
L llt DullllllHN ANU NsNtlIil'iN NlF f'll IA
good order, and the works could ~ started
in q weeks time.
The location of the Works as q Manulac-
turing Site IS unsurpassed. Being right in
the heart Sf n district that produces one.
sixth of all the pig metal manufactured In
The United States, II has the advHnfag" of n
, free selection of metal, and mt prices below
those necessarily charged after IranSpOrta-
ton 10 q distant market. Being near the
lakes. the ores Of Lake superior can he de-
liVered al 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 tcnming. BY the same branch, the
manufactured Iron and Nails can De ship
ped 10 all points from the door Of the Ware
/ house without expensive traming.
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 being crhmp'
ed for room.
To any one dcSirnnS of entering into the
iron business the present opportunity i q
rare one, aS the prOprictorS are too extern
sivcly engaged in the Lumber and Glass
business To give the manufacture OF iron
their personal attention, hence the works
will hC sold on advantageous terms.
DiTURgDGE & CO..
New Castle, Tawronc" County, n.
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