Evening journal., 1916-05-30

the largest single Shlpmehl VI o'Ocl
castings ever made in the united
States-two trainloads Of fortincetion
castings, 2S pieces, each Weighing
more than 40 tons-nOw on the way
to the Pacific coast FOR shipment TO
Manila for the defenses there. orders
laegreeating considerable tonnage for
electric furnace bottoms for alumni
lnum foundries in France are now go
ling through the Chester plants of the
Penn Company, and big orders are
renorted for concordance work. such
las shrapnel and powder presses and
lheavv gun carriages for the United
states Navy Department.
One Of the most interesting phases
NJ the specialized steel castings in
dustry is found in the expert handling |
OF extra heavy pieces. Delaware River ]
foundries owe their prominence in the /
world industry to their success with |
great one-piece castings for stems, |
stern frames and huge propeller
wheels. and anchors for batteships |
and big merchant vessels. With the |
! growth of the modern United States |
Navy many new types of castings have
been demanded and only few pro- |
ducers. mostly in the local district. /
succeeded IN solving the problem
II Is estimated that at least 80 per
cent of the steel castings required to
building the new navy we're made in
Chester. The latest development of
naval construction is the gyroscopic
stabilizers for battleships and great
wheels for these stabilizers, weighing
nearly 10000 pounds each, are now
being cast by the Penn Marine and
Ordnance plants. These castings are
the largest ever attempted for gyro-
scopes
Vast Railroad Needs.
Steel men agree that the outlook for
the steel castings business, especially
the specialized industry, was never
better II is pointed out that easily
half the steel production eventually
reaches the railroads. directly or indi-
rectly, and that for the last three
years purchases OF supplies by the
. railroads i'm this country have aver
) aged less than % per cent. of the nor
. NAL. This deficit must be made up,
. which forecasts a progressive buying
program for steel products. and espe-
} cially castings. which looks good to
, extend over more than a three-year
, period ahead
That the United States is not now
melting enough steel to so around
= despite the fact that the present pig
, iron production is shown by statistics
TO be the greatest in the history of
. the country. is the opinion expressed
. by steel men. who point out also that
enormous foreign demand which has
grown rapidly since the war is help
, ing to create a big shortage OF cast
ings. Even without the foreign call,
> expected In many quarters to con-
}. tinue practically unabated for time
b after the war. indications point to
{ heavy requirements by the railroads
e and for the shipbuildings revival in
S America, steel men assert, and they
l. predict that there will be enough OF
& this special work TO keep furnaces IN
a this dictrict going full blast for 6
l. long time.
Among the producers OF specia
le castings for ship building and railroad
Id work. that have an important place II
re the development OF the industry ar
r the Chester plant OF the American
e. Steel Foundries Company the Fedora
Steel Foundry also az Chester an
We controlled by the William Cramp
al Sons Ship and Engine Building Com
rs pany. and Eagen & Rodgers. Crun
W Lynne. manufacturers of converte
l. steel castings
re The large castings for the battle
ships Oregon and Ohio we're made II
Y, 1900 and 1901 at the American plan
In and shipped overland to San Fran
ell cisco, where these ships were beinI
al constructed About the same time al
s. the castings for two Russian battle
lg ships. built at Cramps. we're turnel
d. out at the Chester foundry. Virtuall
e. all the heavy castings for a dozel
other United States navy units, tn
IL last being the dreadnoughts Pennsyl
so vania and Mississippi, we're made a
ed this plant.
er, BackbOnes for BattleShips.
nm Illustrating something OF tn
SO achievements of this concern in IN
Ic- line of heavy castings for battleship
ar- the stern frames for the Argentir
eel battleships Rivadavia and Moreno. On
lay last-named ship built by the New Yor
so Shipbuilding Company. required aboi
let 10000 pounds Of steel for the pourin
ro- The castings were made in one pie,
aN anu ldNNth lAtlu koNtihNtul Anhpt
'ge tion before being accepted.
am The Federal plant, while controll'
in by the Cramps also produces castinl
'he for other shipyards. All mportal
ms castings for the battleship Idaho wei
ut made at this plant. While the outp
be- OF the Federal nlant-about 12,0
tons annually-is less than some
in the others along the river, il is pr
tes ducing as large and as difficult castinl
Eat as those already mentioned as beiI
mn turned out by the bigger plants. Mar
ny. moth stern posts for the steamship
he Great Northern and Northern Padif
ny which were built at Cramps not lor
ter ago, we're cast at the Federal found
ilt and each required about 10000 poun
.ee OF steel
of The Chester Steel Castings Cor
nd pany and the Atlantic Company a
re-
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