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Saxton Furnaces
| Name | Saxton Furnaces |
| Ortssitz | Saxton (Penn.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Hochofenwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Vorher unter der Bezeichnung: "Powelton Furnaces". Eigentümer: "Saxton Iron Company". Main office, Bullitt Building, Philadelphia. Two stacks: No. 1, 70 x 18 (1880-91), three Whitwell stoves, each 70 x 18; No. 2, 71 x 17 (1886-87), three Whitwell stoves, each 60 x 18; fuel, Broad Top coke; ores, native, from mines on property, and Lake Superior; product, No. 1 foundry pig iron; total annual capacity, 45,000 gross tons. Test of No. 1 pig iron by Baldwin Locomotive Works showed 23,582 pounds' tensile strength per square inch and a shrinkage of 12/100 of an inch per foot. William W . Kurtz, President; William B. Kurtz, Secretary and Treasurer. |
| Quellenangaben | [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 19] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1880/81 |
Bau des Hochofens Nr. 1 |
| 16.10.1882 |
Der Hochofen Nr. 1 wird angeblasen |
| 1886/87 |
Bau des Hochofens Nr. 2 |
| 30.11.1889 |
Der Hochofen Nr. 2 wird angeblasen |
| Produkt |
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Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Roheisen |
1882 |
Beginn (1. Hochofen i.B.) |
1896 |
in Betrieb |
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