The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-06-15
The BOILER Works OF THos. MORE

HEAD & SoN.-Among the many i'm
portapt and growing industries which
our city may take pride in. none deserve
greater credit than that Of Thos. More
head q Son, manufacturers Of boilers
and workers in boiler iron.
Thoe. Morehead, the senior member
of the firm, is an old resident OF the
city, and was connected Tor u number oil
years with Messrs. Phillips & Co.. and
the Messrs. Sweeneys, and later with
the firm OF W. W. Miller & Co., and
while with them attained the reputa-
ton OF being one OF the most reliable
workmen in this section. At the last
establishm ent it was under
bis supervision that such work as the
fine boilers for the mill OF N i j. Pol
lock, the Blast Furnace at Martins
Ferry and the first set OF boilers for the
Mipgo Furnace were turned out,
which rendered ouch perfect satisfaction.
About tour years ago Mr.. Morehead
severed his connection with Miller d
Co., and he and his con started their
present works located next to the Nor
way Tack Compauy's factory. Here
they went to great expense in intro
ducing new and heavy machinery for
facilitating and executing the heaviest
class of work, among which may be
mentioned a massive puncher, which
will punch a hole through heavy
Quarter inch iron without the least jar.
Shears which cut the same iron with
equal facility, and if required would
cut and punch an inch plate. They
have also drill press and set Of rolls
through which the boiler plates are
passed, and by the necessary screw ad-
ius,ment, the plates are made to as
sumo any sized circle that is desired
from elk inches upwards.
Another important accessory to their
business, which was shown to US, is a
portaple screw punch. This is used
principally in repairing boilers, &c, and
is almost Indispensable to complete
repair shop.
With these Improvements and iacili-
ties, along with the reputation MessrS.
Morehead & Son already bad for doing
honest work, their business kept con-
stantly increasing until now the full
capacity of the works is taxed to keep
up with the orders, and at times father
and son, with their faithful assistants,
may be seen hard at it, long after all
other shops have ceased their LAHORE
Tor the day.
The iron used bv this firm. which
may be seen IN great quantities at their
establishment, Is another cause OF their
success in turning out superior work
and establishing confidence in whatev-
er they assert. 1t is the celebrated
Sligo c. II. No. l, 49, 900 tested strength
brand, manufactured by Phillips, MINI
lex IL Co., of Pittsburgh, being the beat
iron msde for boiler purposes. Indeed
it is said on good authority that Messre.
Morehead & Son will not make an es-
innate for work unless this brand Of
iron, which ia the most expensive boil
er iron made, is used.
Just here may be enumerated some
of the work turned out by these men as
an indication OF what they are doug
and who it is that absorbs their pro.
ductions. First may be mentioned the
boilers for the Steubenville Coal Shat
and Blast Furnace. The latter are
double fues, thirty feet in length and
iortv-four inches diameter.
The next worthy Of note and which
deserve special mention, were The
second set OF boilers for the
Mingo Blast Furnace. The first
set made under Mr.. Morehead's super
vision was 30 well constructed that the
owners decided, when the work. were
enlarged and new boilers required, TO
have him to do the job. According
Me.srs. Morehead Il Son were
at once awarded the contract to
make the second set, which was prompt
" done and in due time
placed in position. These boilers
ar. 80 feet long and AZ inches in
diameter. At the time Of their COM
pletion they were the largest double
flued boilers in the United States
and were considered as per-
feet specimens OF fret class work as
were ever put UP. This job perhaps
did more than any other preceding 1t
iu giving the firm a reputation and
standing among the large manufactur-
ere OF the country.
Then came the immense cylinder
boilers for the Riverside Furnace, being
&C feet in length and ~ inches in d.
ameter, which are the larges: cylinder
boilers we know Of. Next in imporI-
ance were those for the Belmont Blast
Furnace, being 60 feet long and ~
inches in diameter, which were tested
some two weeks ago and were pro-
pounced by the many excellent judges
present 10 be as fine specimens OF work
az they ever saw.
The --latest job OF note ia the set Of
boilers Just constructed for the Top
Mil Blast Furnace, and now being put
in position. They are exact duplicates
Of those just built for the Belmont, and
will no doubt compare tsvorabIy with
them.
The contracts e. umsrated above are
only some OF the larger ones re-
ceived by this firm, but selected TO
show that the largest manufacturing
in the counrry have the