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Magnetic Iron Co.
| Name | Magnetic Iron Co. |
| Ortssitz | Union (Union, S.C.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Charcoal stack. Außer Betrieb. Ort als "Unionville" in Union County angegeben = älterer Name für "Union". Siehe auch in Limestone Springs. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 61+119] [Landrum: History of Spartanburg County (o.J.) 156] |
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Stand: 1876 |
| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Charcoal stack. Außer Betrieb. Ort als "Unionville" in Union County angegeben = älterer Name für "Union". [Landrum: History of Spartanburg County (o.J.) 156]: "In the same year [= 1837] the Magnetic Iron Co., capital $250.000, of which 60 per cent was invested in slaves, was incorporated and built at Cherokee Ford, on Broad River, on mile above King's Mountain Iron Works, near the present town of Blacksburg, four furnaces, rolling mill, nail factory etc. This company graded and operated a tramway five mailes ling, og bring in ores, limestone, charcoal and supplies. This was operated in 1838, and the old grad, in a good state of preservation, may be seen, from Cherokee Ford to Gaffney City." |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Eigentümer: Magnetic Iron Co., Limestone Springs; Bessemerstahl-Schienenwalzwerk am Proud River, Union county (Ort nicht zu ermitteln). F. G. Latham, Agent. Organized about 1840; rolling mill, nail works, forge, foundry, and 4 blast furnaces, each 36 feet high with 9-foot boshes; water-power; worked continuously from organization until 1871; since then the foundry only has been in operation. The Company owns 11.000 acres of land, embracing magnetic and hematite ore fields, but needs capital to put the works into full operation. Formerly the Swedish Iron Mfg. Co. South Carolina Manufacturing Co., Spartanburg, Spartanburg county. Built in 1835; 1 single puddling furnace, 2 heating furnaces, 3 trains of rolls, 3 nail machines, and 1 hammer; water-power; product, bar iron; blooms, and nails; annual capacity, 2.000 net tons. This mill and two blast furnaces belonging to the same establishment have not been in operation for several years, owing to the lack of skilled labor. |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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