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Niagara Furnaces
| Name | Niagara Furnaces |
| Ortssitz | North Tonawanda (USA) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Inhaber: "Tonawanda Iron and Steel Company". Vergl. um 1876 auch die "Niagara River Iron Co." |
| Quellenangaben | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 5] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1873 |
Bau des ersten Hochofens 76 x 17 3/4 ft. |
| April 1878 |
Anblasen des Hochofens in Plattsburgh |
| 1885 |
Umbau des Hochofens in Plattsburgh |
| Febr. 1887 |
Anblasen des Hochofens in Standish |
| 1890/91 |
Umbau des ersten Hochofens 76 x 17 3/4 ft. |
| 1895 |
Umbau des zweiten Hochofens 80 x 18 ft. |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
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Kommentar |
| Roheisen |
1873 |
Beginn (erbaut) |
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| ZEIT | 1896 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Two stacks: one, 76 x 17 3/4 (1873/91) and 80 x 18 (1895); six Cowper-Kennedy stoves, three 70 x 18 and three 80 x 18; fuel, coke; ores, hematite and specular from Lake Superior; product, foundry and malleable pig iron; total annual capacity, 165,000 gross tons. Brand, "Niagara." William A. Rogers, President; Archer Brown, Vice-President;
George G. Hamilton, Secretary; William A. Gamble, Treasurer ; W . B. Kerr, Superintendent Selling agents, Rogers, Brown & Co., Cincinnati, Buffalo, and branch houses.
Number of coke furnaces in N e w York: 3 sticks. |
| QUELLE | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 5] |
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