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Richmond Iron Works
| Name | Richmond Iron Works |
| Ortssitz | West Stockbridge (Mass.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Eisenwerks-Unternehmen |
| Anmerkungen | Ortssitze auch West Stockbridge (wie die zugehörigen Werke "Cheshire Furnace" und "Richmond Furnace") bzw. Great Barrington (wie das zugehörige Werk "Van Deusenville Furnace"). George Church, Treasurer. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 9] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1829 |
Bau der Richmond Furnace |
| 1834 |
Bau der Van Deusenville Furnace |
| 1850 |
Bau der Cheshire Furnace |
| 1858 |
Umbau der Van Deusenville Furnace |
| 1863 |
Umbau der Richmond Furnace |
| 1870 |
Umbau der Cheshire Furnace |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
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 | 1896 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Main office, Richmond Furnace P.O., Berkshire county. Three stacks, all in Berkshire county: Richmond Furnace,
at Richmond, 32 x 91, built in 1829, and rebuilt in 1863; steampower. Van Deusenville Furnace, at Van Deusenville, 32 x 9,5, built in 1834, and rebuilt in 1858; water-power. Cheshire Furnace, at Cheshire, 32 x 9,5. built in 1850, and rebuilt in 1870; steam-power. All use warm blast; iron stoves; ore, local brown hematite from mines owned by the works; total annual capacity, 15,000 gross tons of foundry pig iron for cannon, car-wheels, and machinery. Brand,
"Richmond". George Church, President, Great Barrington, Mass.; M. H. Robbing, Vice-President, Lakeville, Conn.; John H. C. Church, Secretary, Great Barrington, Mass.; R. A. Burget, Treasurer and General Manager, Richmond Furnace.
Number of furnaces in Massachusetts: 3 charcoal stacks. |
| QUELLE | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) ] |
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