Albany and Rensselaer Iron and Steel Co.

Allgemeines

NameAlbany and Rensselaer Iron and Steel Co.
OrtssitzTroy (N.Y.)
Art des UnternehmensWalzwerk
AnmerkungenComprises two establishments which were consolidated in 1875 : Albany Iron Works; built prior to 1854; 2 double and 32 single puddling furnaces, 13 heating furnaces, 8 trains of rolls, 45 nail machines. Vergl. auch "Troy Steel Company".
Quellenangaben[Ironworks of the United States (1876) 68+112+117]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1846 Bau der Rensselaer Iron Works
1854 Bau von Albany Iron Works
1864 Bau des Bessemer-Stahlwerks
1866 Bau der "merchant mill"
1875 Zusammenschluß von Albany Iron Works und von Rensselaer Iron Works




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Betrieb von Eisenhüttenwerken 1876 [Ironworks of the U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of the U.S. (1876)] Siehe betriebene Werke!
Walzprofile 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)]  




Betriebene Dampfmaschinen

Bezeichnung Bauzeit Hersteller
Dampfmaschine vor 1905 unbekannt
Dampfpumpe 1880 Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation




Maschinelle Ausstattung

Zeit Objekt Anz. Betriebsteil Hersteller Kennwert Wert [...] Beschreibung Verwendung
neu ab 1880 Dampfpumpe     Henry R. Worthington Förderung   cbm/d Fördermenge (gesamt): 3.000.000 gallons/d  




Firmen-Änderungen, Zusammenschüsse, Teilungen, Beteiligungen


Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt

Zeit Bezug Abfolge andere Firma Kommentar
1876 Nebenwerk danach Columbia Furnace Stand: 1876
1876 Nebenwerk danach Fort Edward Furnace Stand: 1876




Allgemeines

ZEIT1876
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTComprises two establishments which were consolidated in 1875 : Albany Iron Works; built prior to 1854; 2 double and 32 single puddling furnaces, 13 heating furnaces, 8 trains of rolls, 45 nail machines, and 3 hammers; steam and water power; product, bars, angles, car axles, bands, railroad and boat spikes, fish plates, bolts and nuts, cut nails, and boiler rivets; annual capacity, 20.000 net tons; average yearly production, 17.500 tons. Rensselaer Iron Works; two-high rail mill built in 1846; new three-high rail mill and merchant mill built in 1866 and 1867; 18 puddling furnaces, 18 heating furnaces, and 7 trains of rolls; product, rails, bar iron and Bessemer steel; average product of puddle bars, tops and bottoms, and billets, 16.500 net tons per annum; annual capacity of rail mill, 45.000 tons; average yearly product, 35.000 tons; capacity of merchant mill, 10.000 tons; product, 6.800 tons. Bessemer steel works built in 1864; 2 five-ton converters and one one-and-a-half-ton converter, with 3 cupolas and spiegel furnace; annual capacity, 45.000 tons steel ingots; blooming department contains 5 heating furnaces, and an adjustable train of 30-inch rolls; capacity to roll full product of converting department; steam-power with auxiliary water-wheel. Erastus Corning, President; Chester Griswold, Vice-President; Selden Marvin, Secretary and Treasurer; James E. Walker, General Manager, and Robert W. Hunt, General Superintendent. See Furnaces.
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