The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-31
Walks and Talks About Town,
Moorehead e Sons Boiler Shops

There Is no question but thatWheeling
mechanics can complete with any in the
world. Whatever is made by them is
we'll made and of the best materials, and
in finish and style Of workmanship cam
not be excelled. Such were our
thoughts, yesterday, while examining
the large double-hue boilers, made Of
the best malable Sligo iron, the fourth
of an inch thick, thirty feet long and
forty-four inches in diameter, at the
boiler shop Of Messrs. T. Moorehead d
Son, next to the Tack factory. These
boilers are intended for the Mingo fur
mace, near Steubenville, and as speci'
mems OF what Wheeling shops can
turn out are worthy Of notice. Messrs'
Moorehead & Son have also just fin
ished and shipped to Steubenville two
thirty feet boilers for Spaulding, Wood.
ward ~ Co.
They are now engaged on a battery
of boilers for the new blast furnace OIL
Dewey, Vance & Co., just above Ben
wood which are to be as large if not
larger than any in the West. There
are six of them, sixty-six feet long and
forty inches in diameter, and which are
to be so arranged in pairs that two, four
or all six may be worked at once. The
heads of these monster boilers are to be
made of the best Sligo plate, five
eighths Of an inch thick. The boilers
will be made OF the same material
thirteen forty-eighths of an inch in
thickness, and will be models Of me-
chanical skill when finished.
We have referred to these specimens
of the work turned out from these
shops because they are for establish
ments near home, whose proprietors all
our people know, and who employ
none but the best workmen and
use none but the best materl al
and who get their boilers built by
Moorehead g. Son because the work il
better and cheaper than they can get i
done for elsewhere. And the high rep
utation this firm enjoys is well deserved
it has been earned by severe study and
oil, and by a thorough knowledge OF
iron and it's different qualities, which
enables them to select the best materials
They employ none but the best and
most skillful workmen. Under the per
sonal supervision Of the Messrs. Moore
head, who have for many years beer
engaged in boiler making, and under
stand the business thoroughly and in
all its details, every boiler is sent from
the shop as strong and..perfect as it can
be made.
1t is to the credit of our city that w
can, in the matter of boiler making
compete with any city east or west, and
can sell to those who need them steam
boilers that will be just as they are rep
resented. The gentlemen composing
this firm are men Of strict probity anc
unimpeachable veracity, and all thei
work will prove as they represent it.
To any of our readers who may neet
steam boilers, whether for steamboats,
saw mills, furnaces, nail mills, or an
other business where a boiler is needed
we recommend Messrs. Moorehead 4
Son, with confidence, knowing that theiI
facilities for obtaining the best materia
are unequaled, their workmen skilled
mechanics, their machinery perfec: anc
their personal knowledge of the bust
ness complete. To our own citizens W.
need say nothing in commentator o
this firm. They are well known il
Wheeling as competent, reliable anc
skillful men.