The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-22

Situated in the City of NEW CASTLE, PA,
between the Sbenanso and Neshannock
rivers, at their Junction, and erected at {,
cost ofTwo Hundred Thousand Dollars.
The Real Estate comprises nearly Is Acres,
and the Works have capacity of 600
TONS OF IRON and $1,000 KEGS OF NAILS
per annum.
The following is a detailed hist Of Build
ings and Machinery:
Mill Building, le2xSi.
Wing Forge, l50xI0.
Nail Factory Building, l3lN6i.
Nail Warehouse (two-storyl, lUCNS2.
Iron Warehouse, l00x25.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, 15XlS.
Office, Blacksmith shop and Carpenter
Shop.
Stable for twelve head. .
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces, Four Heat
ing Furnaces.
Six Double-fued Boilers in Mil, 10 inches
by2S feet.
Two Iron Stacks for same.
One Horizontal Engine in Mill, rs inches
Cylinder, 6 feet stroke.
One Upright Engine in Mill, ~ inch CYL.
inder, ieet stroke.
One Pumping Engine, Doctor
One Burden SqueeZer.
One ls-inch Muck Train, iComplctr.J
One Nail Plate Train.
One Bar Mill Train three high l6 and
Pinch diameter, with Rolls Tor making a
One Guide MIL Train, with Rolls for max
ing a full assortment of Small Iron and
Hoops, (complete.l
Muck, Spike, Plate, Nail Plate. Bar and
Small Mill Shears.
Fan for heating Furnaces.
Three large Cranes.
Rolls for grinding Fire Clay.
SPIKE FACTORY nUILnING.
One Railroad Spike Machine;
r,.n pnot Sptka Machines.
Turning Lathe, latest pattern ,complete);
One Turbine Water Wheel, Tor driving
Spike Machines and Lathe.
The Shafting, Betting, Pullies, &c, in Mil
and Spike Factory. are In good order
NAIL'FACTORY.
Three Cylinder Boilers, 81 inch by - feet;
one Engine, l6-inch cylinder, & foot stroke
Thirty-three Nail Machines;
Ten Grindstones;
One Majors Furnace;
One Annealing Furnace:
One Bluing Furnace;
Wrought Iron Shafting
Cast Iron Pullies complete.
Foundation OF Stone.
The Buildings and Machinery are all in
good order, and the works could b" started
in a weeks time.
The location OF the Works as Manulac'
turing Site Is unsurpassed. Being right In
the heart of a district that produces one
sixth of all the pig metal manufactured IL
the United States, II has the advantage OF !
free selection of metal, and at prices below
those necessarily charged after transporta
ton to n distant market. Being near tho
Lakes, the ores OF Lake Superior can be de
liyered al low figures. Block and Soft Goa
are abundant, and by n branch of the Fri,
and Pittsburgh Railroad, now completed
can be delivered from the cars into the mil
without teaming. BY the same branch, th'
manufactured Iron and Nails can be ship
ped 10 all points from the door OF the Ware
heuse without expensive teaming.
The large amount of Real Estate connect
cd with the works will afford ample oppor
tunity for their extension by the Building
of Blast Furnaces and other improvements
without the possibility Of evcrbeing cramp
ed for room.
To any one DESTROYS OF entering into tn
iron business the present opportunity Is
rare one, as the prOpriCtors Bre too cxten
siyely engaged In the Lumber and. Glas
business to give the manufacture OF iror
their personal attention, hence the work.
} will I've sold on advantageous terms.
DITHRIDGE & CO.,
New Castle Lawrence County, Pa.
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