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Lackawanna Furnaces
| Name | Lackawanna Furnaces |
| Ortssitz | Scranton (Penns.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofen- und Walzwerk |
| Anmerkungen | 1876 bezeichnet als "Lackawanna Iron Works". Eigentümer (1876): "Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co." (s.d.), Edward C. Lynde, Sekretär. Eigentümer (1896): "Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company", New York office, 52 Wall Street. 1876: Five anthrazite stacks; two built in 1849, one in 1852, one in 1854, and one in 1872; two are 50 x 18, one is 80 x 18, one 50 x 19. Die "Lackawanna Steel Company" (s.d.) zog 1902 in einen Vorort von Buffalo. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 19+83+114+117] [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 15] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1840 |
Beginn des Werks |
| 1849 |
Bau der beiden ersten Hochöfen |
| 1852 |
Bau des dritten Hochofens (bis 1895 in Betrieb) |
| 1854 |
Bau des vierten Hochofens |
| 1872 |
Bau des fünften Hochofens |
| 16.06.1874 |
Grundsteinlegung für das Bessemerstahl-Schienenwalzwerk |
| 1875 |
Ein Bessemer-Stahlwerk wird hinzugebaut. |
| 23.10.1875 |
Das Bessemer-Stahlwerk wird angeblasen. |
| 23.10.1875 |
Der erste Stahl im Bessemerstahlwerk wird erblasen. |
| 29.12.1875 |
Die erste Stahlschiene wird gewalzt |
| 1895 |
Der Hochofen von 1852 wird außer Betrieb genommen. |
| 1902 |
Verlegung nach Lackawanna (NY) |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| gewalztes Eisen |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
1896 |
in Betrieb |
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| Roheisen |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
1896 |
in Betrieb |
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Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Eigentümer: Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co., Edward C. Lynde, Secretary. Five anthrazite stacks; two built in 1849, one in 1852, one in 1854, and one in 1872; two are 50 x 18, one is 80 x 18, one 50 x 19, and one 67 x 23. Betrieben mit Upper-Susquehanna-Anthrazit. Commenced in 1840; 113 single puddling furnaces, 35 heating furnaces, and 12 trains of rolls (one 31, one 23}, two 23, two 22, two 20, three 18, and one 8-inch), and 1 hammer; steam and water power; product: iron and Bessemer steel, light and heavy railroad iron, merchant bar iron, and car axles; annual capacity, 112.000 net tons of rails, and 13.500 tons of merchant bar iron and car axles. Bessemer steel works added in 1875; two 5-ton converters, 4 cupola furnaces, and 4 spiegel-melting cupolas; annual capacity, 45.000 net tons ingots; first blow made Oct. 23, 1875; first steel rail rolled Dec. 29, 1875. See Upper Susquehanna Furnaces. |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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| ZEIT | 1896 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Four stacks: two built in 1849, one in 1854, and one in 1872; sizes, 75 x 20, 75 x 17, 75 x 17, and 75 x 18; one fire-brick and three iron stoves; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; ores, chiefly magnetic from Lake Champlain
and Putnam county, N. Y., with some Lake Superior and Cornwall; product, Bessemer pig iron; total annual capacity, 150,000 gross tons. Brand: "Lackawanna". (One stack, 75 x 18, built in 1852, abandoned in 1895.) A. H. Lee, Superintendent of Furnaces. See Colebrook Furnaces, Lower Susquehanna Valley. See Rolling Mitts and Steel Works. |
| QUELLE | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 15] |
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