The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-30
WHEELING BLAST FURNACES.

The work gtVee ID, very compact. form
the history, location, Gh4racter and ca
pacity OF tho blast FURNACES .oi West Vir
cinia. This State has 7 stacks of coke
furnaces and s completed stacks and one
stack unfinished, using charcoal, making
in all l. finished and one unfinished
stacks,s or the coke furnaces three are
Belmont Furnace, Belmont Null Co.,
Wheeling. One stack, G0xlG, first blown
in September i, 1917; closed top; two
iron-pipc hot-blast stoves; fuel, Councils.
vile coke; ores, Lake Superior; specially,
No. mill pig iron, strictly red short an.
nual capacity, $4,000 net tons. Brand,
"Beim7i y" - g-T;i.5 SJ-5s
Riverside Furnace, Riverside Iron Works,
Wheeling. Furnace ut Bcnwood, Mar
shall county. One stack, 75xl7, built in
1872, and rcmodcled 1878; closed ton !;
fuel, :Connellsville coke; ores, best. grades
Latc Superior and Missouri; product,
Rcssemor p'gIron; annual capacity, 10000
net tons: Erand. "RilsTsMs,h -
Top Mill Iron Furnace, Wheeling Iron
and Nail Company, Wheeling. One stack,
75s!7, built in 1881; first blown in
October &, 1878; at present lined TO lGl
feet across bosh; closed tap; four iron hot
blast stoves; fuel, Connellsvillc coke; ores,
Lake Superior; product, gray forge pig
iron; ANIMAL capaNity, 80, 900 net tons. :
In addition to this, the Hellsise furnace
and the Benwood furnace at Martins
Ferry made be included: r (. @ - Nj
Bellaire Nail Works, Bellairc, Belmont
county. One stack, G5xl4, built in 1873;
put in blast September %, 1873; closed
top; fuel Connelsv.lIe coke ore Lake
Superior; product, l}essemes pig iron, con
sumed in the manufacture Of steel for
nails; annual capacity, 10000 net tons.
Edward Jones, Jr., manager.
BenwOod Iron Works, Wheeling, w.
Va. Furnace ut Nartin's Ferry, Belmont
county, Ohio. One stock, 5lxt4, built in
1866; fuel, Connellsvlle coke; ore, Lake
Superior" product, mill pig iron, con
su,ned in the Manufacture OF nails: an.
nual capacity 10000 net tons. "a !: ,a,I-l
OTHER WEST VIRGINIA PpRsAcgs, Z i',-s
-Qfthe other coke furnaces, the Bette
furnace, OF the Black Band iron and Coal
Company, OF Charleston, kanawha coun.
ty, located four miles from that town, and
finished MISS. uses local ore and has a
daily capacity Of 20 net tons. The Iron.
dale furnace, ut Raccoop, preston county,
owned by +. Nemegyei, uses coke made
from coal mined on tl'e properly and ores
aso mined on tho property; annual ont.
put OF slightly eold.sliort pie, 10000 net
tons. The Quinnimont Coal and Iron
Company's furnace, at Quinuiuont, Fay.
cite county, makes foundry pig, and has
an annual, Gapacity Of IL, 900 tons. The
Waldorf furnace. d lfeyser BROS, ioi Raj,
timore, located at frohtowh, TayIbr 'coi,n-
ty, Inns an annual capacity of26,OVO net
tons, IS I'D &Isl :; IN
The charcoal furnaces are the I,)oop,.
cry, Of Hampshire county, built in iSII.
with weekly, capacity Of 10 not tons OF
chr wheel and mill pig Iron; the Canon
Iron Works: OF Keller 4 Co., in HARDY
county, built in :lS2. by james Sterrett
sold by him 10 George T. Hupp,' and
bought byJ. s. Keller in 1856, which
uses Local Ieptatite ore, and has an annual
capacity Of 1000 ions ii car, wheel iron
The Elk River furnace, IN Btaxton pouut.,FI
built In 1879, which uses ores mined OH
.he property, and has IN annual capacity
81 5,SNO net tons Of car wheel iron; the
iladevillc furnace, qt Preston ! county,
'wned by Eugene. List, Of this city, Using
pre- mined on tie property, and having ) |