The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-31


Situated in the City of NEW CASTLE, PA,
between the Shenango and NeShannock
rivers at their junction. and erected nj
cost OF Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
The Real Estate comprises nearly Is Acres,
and the Works have capacity OF sou
Tons OF IRON and 5000 KEGS OF NAILS
per annum.
The following Is detailed List OF Build
ings and Machinery:
Mill Building, l92xs3
Wing Forge, lJOXID
Nail Factory Building, lJiNti.
Nail Warehouse (twO-stOryl, lO0x.2.
Iron Warehouse, lOOX25.
Scrap and Clay Warehouse, T5XlS.
Office, Blacksmith shop and Carpenter
Shop.
Stable for twelve head.
Seventeen Boiling Furnaces, Four Heat
ing Furnaces.
Six Double-hued Boilers in Min, 10 inches
by ~ feet.
Two Iron Stacks for same.
one Horizontal Engine i'll Mill, - inches
Cylinder, D feet stroke.
one Upright Engine In MILL 20 inch CYL
Under, feet stroke.
one Pumping Engine, DOCTOR
One Burden SqueeZer.
One ls-inch Muck Train, tcomplete.l
One Nail Plate Train.
one Bar Mill Train three high III and
Pinch diameter, with Rolls for making q
full assortment OF Bar Iron.
one Guide Mill Train, with Rolls for max
ing 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 BUILDING.
One Railroad Spike Machine;
Two Boat Spike Machines;
Turning Lathe, latest pattern lcomplete);
One Turbine Water Wheel, for driving
Spike Machines and Lathe.
The Shafting, Betting, Pullies, &c, i'm Mil
and Spike Factory are in good order.
NAIL FACTORY.
Three Cylinder Boilers, 81 inch by - feet;
One Engine, l6-inch cylinder, 4 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 be started
1 in "a weeks time.
The location of the Works as Manufac-
| turing Site is unsurpassed. Being right I'm
| the heart of Il 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 nj prices below
( those necessarily charged after Transports
! ton to a distant market. Being near the
/ Lakes, the ores of Lake superior can be de-
/ livercd at low figures. Block and Soft Coal
| are abundant, and ny "a branch of the Erie
and Pittsburgh Railroad, now completed,
! can be delivered from TN" ears 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 teaming.
/ The large amount of Real Estate connect
! ed with the works will afford ample oppor-
I tunity for their extension by 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 Is a
rare one aS the prOprictOrS are too cXten-
SiVely engaged in the Lumber and Glass
business TO give the manufacture of iron
their personal attention, hence the works
will he sold on advantageous terms.
DITHRIDGE 81 CO.,
New Castle, Lawrence County, Pa.
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