Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-08-18

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iaanly. the exE-IimeDt has teen success
tol. Three furnaces have been kept 60
Ing in order "a raise this immense mass
ri Iron Ia the required heat. From long
experience the WORKERS knew about the
proper time for the casting, and As early
ms . o'clock the company began to as
semble ut the foundry. A little delay 10
getting the heat in one of the furnaces
to the maximum prevented the casting
from occurring till 4:lO. 1t was most
interesting, however, to watch the care
full preparation for the undertaking,
which was under the immediate direc-
ton of Mr.. Wood, the manager and
other officials being present. A pit
thirty feet deep accommodated the great
shell of iron which was to be filled with
white-hot iron. Runners from three fur
naces led to a central reservoir, and this
in turn was connected directly with the
gun. At given word the grimy work.
men punched hole through the fire.
clay which closed the furnace outlets,
and the streams of sparkling fire ran
along the runners, sending out sparks in
every direction and in the greatest pro-
fusion. In twenty minutes the shell
was filled up to the height of the chan
nels leading to it; and the fiery flew was
stopped by the clay-tipped bars of the
workmen. Then the great cranes were
brought into requisition, immense ket-
ties were filed with the liquid, seething
iron, swung over to higher level, and
tipped into channels which conveyed the
molten mass into the great gun and filled
it to the top. Then the salamander-
men who, defying heat and gas, had
watched the rise of the frey metal,
came down from their place upon the
platform, and the work was done for the
time. The great gun will gradually
cool down until it becomes ready for
testing, when the immense piece of ord
nance will be sent to the proving ground
at Sandy Hook, and there tested. 1t is
designed to mount one of the fortifica-
tons at New York Harbor. 1t is to car
~ projectile Of the trifling weight of
700 pounds, and with its ordinary charge
of no to l4O pounds of powder, this
can pierce solid iron mass fifteen inches
thick at distance of 1000 yards. For
the successful casting of such huge
gun, the South Boston Foundry people
are certainly to be congratulations
ton Globe.