The daily gazette., 1874-12-31
NEW CASTLE ON DELAWARE.
THE NORRIS TLASKER f
co. IRON WORKS. ~
ROLLING MILL, FOUNDRY.AND
..".. TUBE WORKS.
Dwelling Accommodation for
... Workmen. a--

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Dwelling a Accomrnoda for
. Workmen.
FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS CoNTEMpLA-
TED.
Especially reported for the Gazette.
The Tasker Iron Works at New Gas.
tie recently put in operation for the
manufacture OF wrought iron tubes is
an establishment partly moved from
Philadelphia where the firm, generally
known as Morris, Tasker s. Co., have
been doing business about fifty years,
frequently employing so large a num-
ber of workmen that thirty thousand
people secured living from the labor
they required. In addition TO the
works above mentioned, the firm has
places of business inBoston, New York,
Chicago and San Francisco At New
Castle, 290 men are now employed and
at Philadeldhia, about 1900 men. The
new works are just on the south side
of New Castle, the iron foundry and
machine shop being on the siding of
the Delaware Railroad running into
the town, while the most extensive
improvements are situated on the river
front about one half a mile further
south, connected also by railroad
track. The foundry building is be-
lieved to be the first locomotive works
built in this country, In it are made
tho castings and machinery needed by
the works.
Proceeding to the main works, eth
er by the rail or the wagon road. the
gate keeper examines the permit of
admission or recognizesthe right Of ad-
mittance. ....
THE YARD
Is about two thousand feet long having
its front on the river with pier eight
hundred feet long atthe lower end. A
railroad track with siding between the
different buildings, and the finish
| ing mill and locomotive house extends
along the front to the end of the pier
where there is eighteen feet depth of
water. This private railway is in all
one mile long. On Tuesday vessel
from Virginia was unloading three
hundred tons of bituminous coal at the
wharf Navigation at this point is op.
EN- all the year. The location within
sight of Fort Delaware may be termed
at the head,of the bay, the. river being
about five miles wide. Along the va
rious tracks We're to be seen vast pile:
of old iron and coal and near the south
end. were gondola cars being loaded
with tubes for shipment. The firm''
locomotive draws the cars to and from
the Delaware railroad siding
THE BENDING MILL, .-
is several hundred feet from the gate
1t Is of brick three hundred and fifty
feet, containing four furnices now il
operation, using anthracite coal. Foul
more furnaces are to be constructed -
Here the sheets have the edges proper
ly cut for making lap joint and are
then passed into the furnaces and after
wards throughthe bending machine.
THE GAS PRODUCING HOUSE
is a short distance beyond. 1t is two
hundred by sixty feet, having two
finely built brick stacks, each one hun
dred feet high, surmounted with light
ming rods. The furnaces are under nj
!elevated pavement. The gas is firsi
conveyed outside in huge pipes some
distance above ground and then unde
ground to the welding furnaces.
THE ENGINE HOUSE,
with boilers is to the east of the ga
house and has smoke stack simila
to the others, and is one hundred b,
fifty feet in size. In it are two sta
tionery engines, one of three hundrei
and the other of two hundred hors
lpower. ... 49,. ".-.Fae
,-' THE TUBE MILL,
to the southwark is three hundred b,
one hundred and fifty feet in area, be
ling twenty-five feet in heighth to tn
square and sixty feet high to the pea
| of the roof. Tho roof is of iron ant
slate. In this mill the unwelded tub
becomes sufficiently heated in the he
gas furnace in about five minutes I
permit its being taken out and passe
through the machine which makes TIL
welded tube. There are at prcser
four heating furnaces.
Passing over an open area to
THE FINISHING MILL
is building three hundred and lift
by one hundred and fifty feet in on
room, the roof being divided for ligl
and ventilation into six different part
supported by iron columns. Here th
tubes are finished and prepared for shil
ment.
THE BUILDINGS
were begun in June, 1873 and in fiftee
months tubes were being made
them. They are constructed in the mo.
substantial way, the pavements bein
of cubical granite blocks. The from
are only temporary, us it is intende
to extend the mills one hundred an
I fifty feet further towards the river.
the north end of the yard is the foul
idation and erected brick smoke STAG
for another gas producing house.
At the south east corner is the loc
motive house about forty feet squar
apparently.
Dbl. ROLLING MILL,
about four hundred by two hundrs
feet in area, fifty feet high with sla
lrOof is some three hundred feet SOU
of the yard and has the railroad trat
extended to 1t, 1t is being built