Smyrna times., 1892-06-29
,D For The Smyrna Times.
MARYLAND STEEL WORKS.
Visited BY THE CHEMISTRY CLASS or
DELAWARE COLLEGE.
A trip to the MarvIand g., ~,

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
"A trip to the Maryland Steel Worka
near Baltimore, is wondsrf,,i1', !,
striking and sublime. One does No,
1ully comprehend the magnitude ~
This enterprise until he has made il a
days visit. !"
On May 27, 1892, class of 30 stu.
GehtS under our professor in chemistry
Dr. 1. II. Wolf, left Newark Centre on
the 7.4O A. NJ. accommodation for =
Gays instruction trip to Snarrows
FOlnt, Md. The ride to Baltimore was
an exceeding enjoyable one, full of
many OF the pleasures of college stu.
uents life, especially as far as the SONGS
r ana yells are concerned. The dev
! opened beautifully, not cloud was to
Oe seen hoating in the azure heavens
ana the air was of that cool, braceing
Klnd which seemed to prevent imme.
diate fatigue.
IN BALTIMORE.
On arriving at Baltimore we had
aoouV an hour to wait before max.
ing connections, so we took adyan.
P'tis iSSe Vi tniS opportunity by ascending
D"iIinOres Washington Monument
,o..l: . 'OulOus ascent but on |
noiG 9diGn'ng the summit we felt fully re-
%fasoi % mere Is something peculiarly
fascinating in bird s eve view of Rai'
tlnOre as 1t stands over a wide evnansa
before you and you are at once i,nnra" 'u"o
sea with its uniformity and fine d,i;n
eaIlOns. Scattered here and thama
"oouC the city several ine and hand s
sOHe buildings presented tbamsaI,,oo
~ Eur view and the Patopsco river hn+
snort distance beneath us c.ntiv.teS .
~, Tur eyes with its winding conrsa ~ I
80 0usquehanna. The whole lanJ =
presented magnificent Danoro.
M -" III tne rays OF the beautiful mornin,, h
IL nIIer giving several ronnd. oS T.
'Ho NOiIege yell we left this beautifIi ii
scene ana descended to the hIs,tii Il
DouleV&rds of Baltimore, only 10 G'iS5 +,
at the Dase two cops" to drain ort Nr !,
US our hiteen cent admission. W. IaS, +,
O"''eIC street depot on time and wers n
soon Iylng at rapid rate, alouy the t,
ooruer OF the PatapscO and thro1gb . Of
nun Der of small villages. 1t was nor W
'o"S oelOFe an enormous amount of CT
P's IRON was seen and we knew at once W
vnaC we were reaching our destination D,
d'tei making arrangements for the ca
uays route and satisfying the inner CO
man with some nicely PREPARED and
SeasohaOie dellcacies, we began tbo of
a sruuous task set before us. Our nro. or
lessor mad previous received letters Of an
to the heads of the differ. iss
gu. :, departments so no delay was lost te
III carrying out the prepared route. th
AT sPARRows POINT. Al
The Steel Works cover about five pl'
r,c |
'otn niSnt aud day 5000 men. The ira
~ Mn'ch IS pied around in immeus. an
iuIn''tIes @ Is shipped principally from fro
Iuoa' africa and Spain besides what rio
t..a5i 'oah '' ore Is consumed. Here in co,
hese works can be seen the co,nHIo,a ool
'rOcess, from the time the crude ore i 10
ut INTO the furnace until il comes o,,, lo'
right steel rails. The motive no,vaS ! ~!
Or these works consist of a bnpd~ed pL pILi
nglhes, ranging from a hundred bor.e w W.
over TO thousand. nv
MARINE DEPARTMENT. -
our hrst visit was TO the marine do. non
= 1I ent, Dy request of President inc,
oou; IhIs, though entirely off from bve ,
ie SUBJECT OF chemistry, was very in ieet
resung. There were two steSmars III,
construction at the time. one ;nst I;no
'lng lined and the other nearing com. tba,
euoh' We spent about two honrs in evc,
rs department, taking in the tool ran,
eu, JOINER shop or fancy work buiId. of ;
y drawing rooms and dock yard con,
had a good chance to studv ~ e.
mole subject of shipbuilding and tho M
herent agencies which were used 70 Lore
rry on the work, of which the bvs isb;,
aulIc pumps deserve special mention sent
"ie Immense structures and are ARA
paDie OF giving 1900 pounds to the the
laFe inch. Most all the force nsed in of y,
.ssure "JUl"uIlc carr
he most interesting structure which orc 8
saw IN the dock yard was the shear- tbirt
. or crane. This huge erection Jog haoH
nlgh' consists of three legs WEIGH 6isnI
a. tZo TONS each. 1t Is so arranged nese
tne Cnree legs meeting at the veTtex com,
y y. ~ c"n oenu over at any angle so Tn
20 enable the hosting or lowerin0 tone
machinery weighing as much as 195 he We
- :, "nIcn is Is more than any other mach
= a. Ies' 1his structure run wholly of for
!, q I,yurauic pressure, is peculiar high
,Iahlsm ,I9I ana one is impressed with Iers n
odity OF appearance. adins
BLAST FURNACE DEPARTMENT can b
: our trip was principally to take nanv
ne OIast furnace and Bessemer pro. raiIS 9
for making steel, we left the mar. &O I1S
department and spent the remain.
OF tne afternoon in viewing the
'rent stages for making pig iron By
We're told by our guide that the rail d.
furnace would be TAPPED at fonr hour f
'ck and as it was within three had a
.ters OF an hour of that time. we minds
conducted by an elevator to the it was
OF the furnace to witness the he. left su,
ing OF the operation. There are soon h
elevators continually arriving with and be
Dads of coke, calcium Carbonate was re
crushed ore. These fngredients "Old N
Jumped one by one into the fnr. of mao
on bell shaped cap called the derful
.Eu.eI ah1 Ihen lowered, letting had so
mixture drop into the snacions of the s
zee. The heat was very impres. one acc
ont we managed to get a tkorouUb gratitu
'tlgation of this operation before gave h
ending to the lower floor whero Wood !
were about to tap the furnace departr
ere are four blast furnaces in this Works
rtment having a capacity of ZOO enterta
Ihey are huge structuras hoS Sn,,y1