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Mont Alto Furnace
| Name | Mont Alto Furnace |
| Ortssitz | Mont Alto (USA) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Eigentümer seit 1864 und noch 1896: Mont Alto Iron Co. 1876: One charcoal stack, 37 x 9 [oder: 30 x 9?] (1808); cold and warm blast; open top; annual capacity, 5.000 net tons. 1896: Telegraph in office connecting with Western Union office at Chainbersburg. One stack, 30 x 9 (1807-08), increased to 45 x 9 1/2 und 1889 auf 50 x 10; cold and warm
blast; ore, exclusively brown hematite from the furnace property; product, pig iron for car-wheels, chilled rolls, and best charcoal blooms; annual capacity, 10,800 gross tons. Brand: "Mont Alto." Edward B. Wiestling, General Manager, Secretary, and Treasurer, Chambersburg. Selling agents, L. & R. Wister & Co., 257 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. See Bloomaries. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 29] [History of Franklin County, Pa. (1887)] [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 26] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1807/1808 |
Bau eines Hochofens (31 x 8 Fuß) durch Daniel und Samuel Hughes aus Maryland. Er wird mit kaltem Blaswind und einem Wasserrad (D= 30') betrieben. |
| 1811 |
Die Herren Hughes bringen einen Fachmann, Mr. Overmeyer, herüber. Er pachtet Land im East Antietam Valley, fünf Meilen von Mont Alto entfernt, und er errichtet einen Rennofen, eine Schmiede und ein Sägewerk und beginnt die Herstellung von gehämmerten Eisenstäben. |
| 1815 |
Bau einer Gießerei. Das Roheisen wird zu Töpfen und Öfen weiterverarbeitet. |
| 1832 |
In der Nähe des Rennofens wid ein Walzwerk am East Antietam Creek. Es ist wahrscheinlich das Werk mit der größten Leistung im Lande und kann daher die größten Eisenstäbe walzen. |
| 1835 |
Die Herren Hughes errichten eine Nagelfabrik beim Walzwerk. |
| 1864 |
Das gesamte Mont Alto-Werk wird von der "Mont Alto Iron Co." (Leiter: Geo. B. Weistling) erworben. |
| 1881 |
Der Hochofen wird auf 45 x 9 1/2 ft. vergrößert |
| 04.1889 |
Der Hochofen brennt ab |
| 1889 |
Der Hochofen wird wieder aufgebaut; er erhält die Größe 50 x 10 ft. |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| gußeiserne Töpfe |
1815 |
Beginn |
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| Nägel |
1835 |
Beginn (Bau der Nagelfabrik) |
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| Öfen |
1815 |
Beginn |
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aus Gußeisen |
| Roheisen |
1808 |
Beginn |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
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Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| Zeit |
Bezug |
Abfolge |
andere Firma |
Kommentar |
| 1876 |
Nebenwerk |
zuvor |
Mont Alto Iron Co. |
Stand: 1876 |
| ZEIT | 1887 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | The furnace was built in 1807-08 by DANIEL and SAMUEL HUGHES, of Maryland. At first it was what is known as a "quarter stack," and was 31 feet high, and 8 feet diameter of boshes. It was operated with cold blast; the water-wheel was 30 feet in diameter. The first output was from two to three tons per day of pig iron, but this only accumulated hands for want of transportation. To reach markets, the pig iron was hauled by wagon to the Potomac River, at Williamsport, and then waited for a rise in the water, to be taken down on flat boats. A foundry was built in 1815, and then the pig iron was made into stoves and hollow ware on the grounds, which were then wagoned to Baltimore. For some time the iron was not remelted to cast, but was dipped out of the furnace and poured into the molds. A cupola furnace was put up, and then the iron was remelted. In 1811 the MESSRS. HUGHES brought over an expert, MR. OVERMEYER. He leased land in East Antietam Valley, five miles from Mont Alto, and erected a bloomary, forge and saw-mill, and commenced manufacturing
hammered bar iron. In 1832 a rolling-mill was put up near the bloomary on East Antietam Creek. This was at that time supposed to have the best power of any mill in the country, and therefore could roll the largest bars of iron. |
| QUELLE | [History of Franklin County, Pa. (1887)] |
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