Totten & Co., Fulton Foundry

Allgemeines

Name	Totten & Co., Fulton Foundry
Ortssitz	Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Straße	24th Street
Art des Unternehmens	Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei
Anmerkungen	[Wiley]: "Fulton Foundry and Machine Shop" mit "Totten & Co." als Eigentümer. Obige Firmierung um 1879 und an der Ecke 24tu und Railroad Street.
Quellenangaben	[Wiley: American iron trade manual (1874) 153] [Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 135]

Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit	Ereignis
1863	Gründung durch Robt. C. Totten und N. B. Hogg

Produkte

Produkt	ab	Bem.	bis	Bem.	Kommentar
Gußeisen	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	Vorgabe: Iron foundry
Maschinerie	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	Vorgabe: machinery
Nagelmaschinen	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	Als Spezialität
Walzen	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	Als Spezialität
Walzwerke	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	1874	[Wiley: American iron trade (1874)]	Als Spezialität

Maschinelle Ausstattung

Zeit	Objekt	Anz.	Betriebsteil	Hersteller	Kennwert	Wert	[...]	Beschreibung	Verwendung
1879	Dampfmaschinen	2		unbekannt				"powerful steam engines"

Allgemeines

ZEIT	1879
THEMA	Beschreibung
TEXT	Pursuing a special branch in the conversion and manufacture of iron, and conducting a business of great magnitude and importance to the industrial prosperity of the city, the house of Totten it Co. is not to be omitted from a work seeking to set forth in detail some adequate exhibit of the resources of Pittsburgh. The business which is now conducted, under the above style, by Messrs. Robt. C. Totten and N. B. Hogg, was originally established by the former in 1863, and from its very inception has not only been eminently successful, but achieved a special position and reputation of its own, for the manufacture of Hollow Chill Rolls, and Rolling Mill Machinery. In the invention of the Hollow Chill Roll, (protected by letters patent 1869 and 1877,) Mr. Totten became the discoverer, after years of labor and investigation, of one of the most valuable appliances known in the manufacture of iron. It is not the intention in this work to explain the principles upon which this roll is constructed, or from which its superior merits are derived. The success attendant upon its introduction to the trade is the highest guarantee of its usefulness, 90 mills having been supplied with them during the past two years, over 520 rolls being in operation. Of these Messrs. Totten & Co. are sole manufacturers, and possess ample facilities for supplying them in any length, and from 5 to 36 inches in diameter. Besides this important improvement the firm are the only manufacturers of Chilled Rolls cast to shape, securing advantages in the uniform density and durability, of grooved surfaces never before attained, and possessing other merits that have stood the severest tests during the past 12 years. The plant of the firm is located on 24th St., and covers an area of some three acres, the machine shop being 70x120 feet, and the foundry 85x225 feet, containing much machinery of remarkable size and power, including can turn fly wheels twenty-five feet in diameter, chill rolls 30x108 inches, one planing machine ten feet wide liy thirty-six feet long, being the largest piece of mechanism of the kind in the United States, except one at the Charleston Navy Yard, and other appliances, operated by two powerful steam engines and boilers. Some idea of the capacity of the works may be indicated by the fact that a plate for moulding plate glass was constructed here, weighing 84.000 lbs., which was planed on one side to a perfect surface, being perhaps the most ponderous work of the kind ever executed in the country. In the manufacture of Heinles Combined Friction and Cog Pinions the firm enjoy a monopoly, and are noted as well for their various makes. Roll Pinions, Gearings and Mill Machinery. The senior partner was formerly connected with the Fort Pitt Foundry, whose products in the casting of heavy ordinance have a world wide repute. Here Mr. Totten acquired the practical and metallurgical knowledge that has been of such manifest usefulness in his present enterprise, and which, for more than a quarter of a century, has connected him with the industrial interests of Pittsburgh. The testimonials and flattering commendations received unsought by the firm during the past few years, would fill many pages of this volume. It is enough, however, to say, in this connection, that no house occupies a higher place, or is more entitled to the position achieved than Messrs. Totten & Co. of the Fulton Foundry. Messrs. Totten & Co. are now filling an order from England for Hollow Chill Rolls, and expecting other orders from Europe. They are largely engaged in the manufacture of Nai! Machines, having erected most of the largest Nail Factories West of the Allegheny Mountainvas well as some in the East. They have recently sent to England Nail Machinery for cutting steel nails, a branch that must also become prominent in the near future in this country. They have erected some 30 first-class Rolling Mills in the past 15 years, more than any other similar establishment in the country, and of necessity have the most modern patterns for this class of work.
QUELLE	[Industries of Pittsburgh (1879) 135]