Union Iron Works

Allgemeines

NameUnion Iron Works
OrtssitzBuffalo (N.Y.)
Art des UnternehmensEisenwerk und Werft
AnmerkungenAuch bezeichnet als "Union Iron Co.". Eigentümer: Union Iron Co. Three anthrazite stacks, Pioneer, Excelsior, and Monitor, built in 1861, 1862, and 1864; dimensions, respectively, 50 x 17, 50 x 15, and 50 x 14; all have closed tops; total annual capacity, 44.000 net tons. Ab 1900 mit zwei anderen Eisenwerken zur "Buffalo Union Furnace Company" (s.d.).
Quellenangaben[Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston (2006), Internet] [Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 270] [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 13+71+113]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1861 Bau des ersten Hochofens "Pioneer"
1862 Bau des zweiten Hochofens "Excelsior"
1862 Bau eines großen Walzwerks in Verbindung mit Hochöfen durch "Palmer & Wadsworth" und "Warren & Thompson"
1864 Bau des dritten Hochofens "Monitor"




Produkte

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!
gewalztes Eisen 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)]  
Roheisen 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)]  
Schiffe 1871 erstes bekanntes Baujahr 1871 letztes bekanntes Baujahr  
Walzprofile 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)]  




Firmen-Änderungen, Zusammenschüsse, Teilungen, Beteiligungen


Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt

Zeit Bezug Abfolge andere Firma Kommentar
1876 Nebenwerk danach Cooper's Falls Furnace Stand: 1876
1900 Anschluß (Namensverlust) danach Buffalo Union Furnace Company  




Allgemeines

ZEIT1868
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTIn 1862 another large Rolling Mill was built in connection with the Blast Furnaces erected by Palmer & Wadsworth and Warren & Thompson, whose establishments have been'consolidated under the title of the Union Iron Works. The furnaces now in operation in Buffalo or in course of erection will have a capacity sufficient to produce 50.000 tons of Pig Iron annually. The ores are obtained from Northern Michigan.
QUELLE[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 270]


ZEIT1876
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTAuch bezeichnet als "Union Iron Works". Built in 1862, and enlarged in 1864, 1865, and 1874; 16 double puddling furnaces, 18 heating furnaces, and 6 trains of rolls (one 8, one 12, one 19, two 21, and one 31-inch), all 3-high; the 8 and 12-inch are for merchant bar, the 21-inch for beams, channels, large angles, and flats, and the 'others are for rails, except the 19-inch, which is for puddle bar. The plate mill, 90 feet by 160 feet, contains one set roughing rolls, 2-high, 31 in. by 96 in., and one set 3-high finishing rolls, 31 in. x 96 in.; weight of each roll, 24.000 Ibs. : total weight of train, 170 tons. Engine, 36-in. cylinder, 72-foot stroke; weight of fly-wheel, 54 tons. Product, rails, beams, channels, angles, shafting, bars, and plates; annual capacity, 35.000 net tons. A. Pardee, President; G. R. Wilson, Vice-Preside nt; George Beals, Treasurer; T. Guilford Smith, Secretary, and James Jenkins, Superintendent. See Furnaces.
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