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Cedar Point Iron Co.
| Name | Cedar Point Iron Co. |
| Ortssitz | Port Henry (USA) |
| Straße | West Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Betreibt die Cedar Point Iron Works. Eigentümer um 1896: "Witherbee, Sherman & Co.". One anthrazite stack, 70 x 16, built in 1872-3, lirst put in blast in August, 1875; blast heated by four 22-foot Whitwell stoves; bell-and-hopper top; annual capacity, 16.000 net tons of Bessemer pig iron. Silas H. Witherbee, President; George R. Sherman, Vice-President; Hosea B. Willard, Secretary and Treasurer, and Thomas F. Witherbee, Manager. The Cedar Point Furnace was originally established in the 1820s for the creation of potash, used primarily in the making of soap. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 11] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1872 |
Gebaut |
| 12.08.1875 |
Der Hochofen wird angeblasen |
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Kommentar |
| Roheisen |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
1876 |
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| ZEIT | 1896 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | One stack, 71 x 16; four 22-foot Whitwell stoves; fuel, anthracite coal and coke; ores, Old Bed Lake Champlain and New Bed Bessemer Lake Champlain; product, foundry, mill, and Bessemer pig iron; annual capacity, 36,000 gross tons. Brand: "Cedar Point". |
| QUELLE | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 2] |
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