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Wilson, Walker & Co.
| Name | Wilson, Walker & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Eisenwerks-Unternehmen |
| Anmerkungen | Ortssitz vmtl. Pittsburgh (wie das zugehörige Werk "Union Forge and Iron Mills"). |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 92] [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
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Ereignis |
| 1873 |
Änderung der Firma aus "Carnegie, Kloman & Co." in "Wilson, Walker & Co." mit den Inhabern John T. & James R. Wilson und John Walker als allgemeiner Teilhaber und Andrew Carnegie aus New York als besonderen Teilhaber. |
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Kommentar |
| Betrieb von Eisenhüttenwerken |
1876 |
[Ironworks of the U.S. (1876)] |
1876 |
[Ironworks of the U.S. (1876)] |
Siehe betriebene Werke! |
Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt
| ZEIT | 1879 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | It is only by a careful review in detail of the industries of Pittsburgh that any adequate idea can be pained in regard to the real magnitude of those interests which are of such vital importance, not only to this comnuiuity, but the
American public at large. It being the main object of this work to present such facts, brief descriptions of the principal manufacturing enterprises arc not only proper but essential, and in this connection the firm of Messrs. Wilson, Walker & Co. is entitled to more than passing notice. The Union Forge and Iron Mill was established in 1861, by Messrs. Kloman & Phipps, who were succeeded by Messrs. Carnegie, Kloman & Co. in 1866, and carried on the business until 1873, when the present firm was organized, being composed individually of John T. & James R. Wilson and
John Walker as general partners, and Andrew Carnegie, of New York, as special partner. Under this management the
scope of the mill was greatly increased and its facilities in all departments much enlarged. The main mill now
covers an area of 90x300 feet, the blacksmith shop 72x250 feet and the forge and machine shop 72x200 feet, which, together with other buildings of smaller dimensions, occupy an area of about two acres. To operate the powerful and in
many instances intricate machinery with which the works are thoroughly equipped, requires ten steam engines of
various powers and ten boilers, the apparatus consisting in part of fifteen single puddling furnaces, six heating furnaces, nine steam hammers, five trains of rolls, one 18, one 15 and one 10 inch and two universal plate trains. With these and other appliances and facilities, the products of the mill are of the finest grades known, and consist of all descriptions of railroad car and locomotive forgings, bar iron, universal mill plates, bridge irons and special shapes of all kinds to order, shafting, splice bars, etc., and for the manufacture of these specialties the works are said to be the best furnished and most extensive in the United States. Besides the ordinary machinery usually found in such establishments and generally known to the trade, Mr. J. T. Wilson, who is a practical iron worker and mechanician, has devised and invented numerous pieces of mechanism for special purposes, labor and time saving, that are only to be found in this mill and will greatly add to the general efficacy of the work, the total productive capacity being about 12.000 tons per annum. The operatives employed at these works range from 175 to 350 and average about 350, which represents the maintenance of two thousand individuals, and conveys an idea of the usefulness of the firm in the promotion of the industrial welfare of the community. The plant being located upon the line of the Allegheny Valley K. B. with connecting sidings, possesses certain advantages in making direct shipments upon all roads centering in Pittsburgh not easily duplicated, and the introduction of the wires of the Western Union Telegraph Co. into the offiice adds still further to the facility for transacting a business which ranges over the entire United States and Canadian Provinces. As a firm it is not going too far to say that the house of Wilson, Walker & Co. has achieved a position and success acquired by few of its contemporaries, and enjoys the high esteem of the trade and the consideration of the general puplic, which derives such marked advantages from its enterprise and capacity. |
| QUELLE | [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 89] |
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