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Hussey, Wells & Co.
| Name | Hussey, Wells & Co. |
| Ortssitz | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Stahlwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Bezug zu "Hussey, Howe & Co." (s.d.) unbekannt. |
| Quellenangaben | [Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 151] [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 108] [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 123] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1859 |
Bau des Stahlwerks |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Stahl |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
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| Tiegelstahl |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
1874 |
[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)] |
Vorgabe: Crucible steel |
| ZEIT | 1868 |
| THEMA | Firmenbeschreibung |
| TEXT | Owned in great part by the proprietors of the Copper-Works just noticed, are also noteworthy on account of being one of the first established and extensive steel manufactories in the United States. The buildings, located in the central part of the city, cover an area of nearly three acres, including rolling-mills, hammer mills, melting shops, furnaces, etc. The machinery for forging and finishing the steel includes six train of rolls, one train for rolling large circular saw plates, and a large number of steam and other hammers. The whole is propelled by eight steam-engines, which are supplied from nine boilers of large dimensions. The total capacity of the Works at the present time amounts to twenty tons of steel per day. This firm use none but the best American iron, without admixture with foreign varieties, and as the quality of their Cast Steel is warranted to be- equal to the best English steel, they have demonstrated that America has ores as well adapted to this purpose as those found in isolated localities in Norway and Sweden; and as they were among the most enterprising and persistent in overcoming the difficulties that confronted the pioneer manufacturers in this department, and are now producing, of purely American stock, steel of a high standard and uniform quality, they are entitled to the credit that belongs to those who have contributed any important advance toward the consummation of commercial independence. |
| QUELLE | [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 108] |
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| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Built in 1859; 16 single puddling furnaces, 20 heating furnaces, 10 steam hammers, 3 tilt hammers, 75 2-pot coke steel furnaces, 6 24-pot Siemens furnaces, and 8 trains of rolls (one 9, one 12, three 16, two 18, and one 28-inch); product, crucible cast steel, in bars, sheets, rods, plates, and forgings of all kinds; annual capacity, 13.000 net tons ingots; average make for 5 years, 5.000 net tons. |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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