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Glendon Iron Works
| Name | Glendon Iron Works |
| Ortssitz | Easton (Pennsylvania) |
| Ortsteil | Glendon |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Eigentümer (1876/96): Glendon Iron Co. (s.d.). 1876: Five anthrazite stacks, 50 x 12, 48 x 14, 50 x 15, 63 x 16, and 72 x 18; built in 1843, 1844, 1850, 1852, and 1869, respectively; No. 1 was rebuilt in 1849. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 16] [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 10] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1843 |
Bau des ersten Hochofens |
| 1844 |
Bau des zweiten Hochofens |
| 1849 |
Hochofen 1 wird umgebaut |
| 1850 |
Bau des dritten Hochofens |
| 1852 |
Bau des vierten Hochofens (1890 abgebrochen) |
| 1869 |
Bau des fünften Hochofens |
| 1888 |
Umbau des Hochofens Nr. 1 |
| 1889 |
Umbau des Hochofens Nr. 2 |
| 1890 |
Umbau des Hochofens Nr. 3 |
| 1890 |
Abbruch des Hochofens Nr. 4 |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
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Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Roheisen |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
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Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Eigentümer: Glendon Iron Co. Five anthrazite stacks, 50 x 12, 48 x 14, 50 x 15, 63 x 16, and 72 x 18; built in 1843, 1844, 1850, 1852, and 1869, respectively. No. 1 was rebuilt in 1849. These furnaces are at Glendon, near Easton, except No. 4, which is situated at South Easton. No. 2 and No. 4 are blown by water-power. All closed tops except No. 2. Total annual capacity, 53.000 net tons. Wm. Firmstone, Superintendent. General office, Boston, Massachusetts. Betrieben mit Lehigh Valley-Anthrazit. |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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| ZEIT | 1896 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Four stacks: No. 1, 63 x 15; No. 2, 81 x 17; No. 3, 80 x 17; and No. 5, 72 x 18; fuel, anthracite coal and coke;
ores, hematite from Northampton county, Pa., and the Lake Superior region, and magnetic from Morris county, N.J.; specialty, forge pig iron; total annual capacity, 90,000 gross tons. Brand, "Glendon". Principal office, 60-62 Devonshire st, Boston, Mass. Augustus Lowell, President, and Thomas T. Bouvé, Secretary and Treasurer, Boston; John S. Fackenthal, Superintendent, Easton. Selling agents, J. Tatnall Lea & Co., 125 South Fourth street, Philadelphia;
C. L. Peirson & Co., Boston and New York. |
| QUELLE | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 10] |
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