The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-07-06
COW AN FURNACE.
One Of the Best and Most
Complete on tho
Continent.

The Chattanooga Times speaks It.
follows Of the Cowan furnace, situated
in our county, six miles from Wmchcs-
ter:
The coke furnace which hu. been in
course Of erection, at tOwan, ny the
Tennessee Coal 4 Railroad Company,
is now finished and in blast. The fur
mace site is ON the brink II II cliff, over
which STAG is dumped from iron cars,
At the base flows Il mountain stream,
from which the supply Of water is
pumped.
The furnace is IS by to feet, with
closed top and Wcimar charger, The
crucbic is ten feet in diameter, sup
piled with seven Iivc-inch tuycrcs, cqul-
distant The furnace is supported by
three Whitwcll stoves, 60 feet high
provided with modern improvements,
and easily run, imparting to the blast II
temperature Of 1900 degrees. The
stoves are ovcrtoppcd by IL dlait.chim-
ncy 100 feet high, with IL clear smoke
way of six and II half feet in diameter
The two Wcimar highrspccd engines
are warranted to give II displacement Of
80, 900 cubic feet Of air per minute, and
to stand blast pressure Of lG pounds.
The engines are provided with boilers
in three independent batteries.
The boilers are 30 feet long, ~ inches
in diameter, each having two lG-inch
ilucs, and arc made throughout of best
llangc iron believed to be the only
boilers in the South made Of that quality
Of iron.
All the buildings are of brick with
iron roofs, and are tirc-proof The stock
shed is lOOx2OO feet, with railroad
tracks overhead. Two charging scales
are provided, and no pains have been
spared to secure the shortest possible
distance Of whcclagc and the greatest
ease in handling its raw material
The furnace was blown in at ! p. m.
Of the 18th, dune and made five tons
iron within twcnty-four hours, after
within two days cooling of the boilers
was entirely stopped, and steam has
been "blowing off" most of the time
since with the firing doors standing
open.
The furnace is being run us low us
consistent with the good of the furnace,
because Of the incxpcricncc Of the OPP
orators. But one engine is being used,
and that of slow speed The output is
iorIy.iivc to fifty tons per day in con.
Of seventy-eieht bushels OF
coke per ton. When both engines are
set going at full speed we may expect to
have corrcspondingly Increased pro-
ductiOn.
The company have three-year
for six thousand tons per month
Of excellent ore, quality guaranteed, of
which the following is an analysis:
Metallic iron, silcious matter, phospho-
rous.
The limestone is very abundant, cost
ng 40 cents ton delivered, in quality
Is secn-carbonate of lime, silicious
natter, ALUMINIUM, carbonate Of mag
lcSia.
The coke is supplied from the ovens s
1 Tracy The quality of the iron pro- :,
uccd by the Rising Fawn and the
furnaces has demonstrated Il
Isl what the value of this coke is for ?
ne production Of good iron. b
1t will be seen that no mean com. o
,iition has entered the pig iron market ;,
r patronage. The furnace has been I
tilt in brief time, inside Of the est-
ites. without the injury ola single
IN and without single lawsuit. Put il
o blast with green hands, and run Vi
" at much less than half her blow y,
capacity, it is turning out fifty tons =
iron per day. Who can now say ~
nufactorics cannot be built rs prompt M
as cheaply, as well and with ms little Sc
'oyance, in the South as anywhere i,