The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-20

- |
!, Steel is Cut and Shaped
n the Crucibles,
4 keokuk.
finest cabinet work; there is big machine
called a miller that at operation cuts hard
steel into shape in all three dimensions at one
time with certainty and accuracy that is
positively uncanny in mere machlne-there
are other wonders in that machine shop, but
this is not catalogue of wonders nor COM
plete description of it's witchery
What They Are Capable of Doing.
In the midst of that big room full OF tre-
mendous power machines, it seems that over
much capital is required to fit up foundry
and machine shop so completely. This is true,
as rule, but
When they have invested heavily in the re-
quiste knowledge and skill the further invest
ment in shop equipment must follow; the; only
way to make an iron works the best in it's part
of the United States is to make it capable of
doing anything whatever in its line. That is
what the Pechsten Iron Works is and can do.
I asked what, in detail, it does The answer
was:
ANYTHING and everything in iron or steel
There we have the real key to the situation
and the explanation Of the Importance of the
Pechstein Iron Works to Keokuk and the sur
rounding country in the three states. Few iron
works can say that sentence forming the last
paragraph.
Its Wide Sphere Of Influence.
That it pays to invest so heavily in know
ledge, skill and plant is proved by the results
already. The business is increasing by leaps
and bounds. These iron works have number
of permanent customers manufacturing vari-
Gus things for whom it makes castings and
machine fooled work; it gets the machine tool
work from many garages, factories and repair
shops of all kinds; given broken gear COM
plicated part, broken, it can turn out an exact
duplicate, cast in the best way for that special
use and machined exactly right, in very short
time. That is the result of all the cost of
equipment and the working of trained brains
which stands out so prominently all over the
works.
The different things made there are too
many to catalogue here. At one glance there
was in view some big, peculiarly shaped plates
for the starch factory, some patent CRATES for
furnaces and various parts OF the steam gener-
ator manufactured by the company itself.
In Particular and in General
For it manufactures steam generator that
carries the name of Keoku1 into bakeries,
garages, bottling plants, laundries mills,
creameries, elevators, various service stations
and other places all over the country.
This itself is an interesting thing, formed
out of one piece Of sheet steel with cast iron
head and fire box, without tubes to clog or
leak and fitted with safety devices and Access
series as good as money can buy or man can
make It is we'll named, being already famous
as the Gate City steam generator.
That foundry with it's full knowledge of the
mysteries of metallurgy and that machine
shop with it's immense power tools handling
steel as a sculptor handles clay or plaster, are
very important things just now. They are
important to the surrounding country because
they afford means Of getting any kind of metal
work done right and done quickly.
And they are very important to KeoSuk
because they are basic industries, the funda-