McCullough Iron Company

Allgemeines

FirmennameMcCullough Iron Company
OrtssitzPhiladelphia (Penns.)
StraßeSixteenth Street
Art des UnternehmensGalvanisiererei
AnmerkungenAdresse (1873/76): 16th Street, Ellsworth Street und Washington Avenue (Nordwest-Ecke). Werke (siehe diese; 1876): Northeast Iron Works und West Amwell Iron Works, bei Elkton und Octoraro Iron Works, Rowlandville, alle in Cecil county. Besteht im wesentlichen aus Galvanisierei und Lagerräumen. Galvanisierung von Eisen.
Quellenangaben[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 44] [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 94] [Hexamer General Surveys, Plate 679 (1873)]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1829 Bau der Octoraro Mill
1840 Bau der West Amwell Mill
1847 Bau der Northeast and West Amwell Mills
1852 Gründung
1871 Erbaut




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!
Walzprofile 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)]  




Betriebene Dampfmaschinen

Bezeichnung Bauzeit Hersteller
Dampfmaschine vor 1873 unbekannt




Maschinelle Ausstattung

Zeit Objekt Anz. Betriebsteil Hersteller Kennwert Wert [...] Beschreibung Verwendung
1873 Dampfkessel 1   unbekannt          




Personal

Zeit gesamt Arbeiter Angest. Lehrl. Kommentar
1873 40        




Firmen-Änderungen, Zusammenschüsse, Teilungen, Beteiligungen


Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt

Zeit Bezug Abfolge andere Firma Kommentar
1876 Nebenwerk danach Minguas Iron Works, McCullough Iron Co. Stand: 1876
1876 Nebenwerk danach Northeast Iron Works Stand: 1876
1876 Nebenwerk danach West Amwell Iron Works Stand: 1876
1876 Nebenwerk danach Octoraro Iron Works Stand: 1876




Allgemeines

ZEIT1868
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTHave, in Philadelphia, the largest works in the United States, for manufacturing Galvanized Iron. This is a material formed from a combination of Iron and Zinc, and possesses the valuable property of being impervious to oxydation. The sheets of Iron used by this Company, are manufactured in their own mills, in Cecil county, Maryland. They are rolled very smooth, then well trimmed to the size required, and cleansed from all impurities, by a weak acid. The effects of the acid are in turn removed by immersion in a tank of clear water, and then the sheets are dried in an oven. The iron thus prepared is placed in contact with the zinc, and the two metals, being brought to the same temperature, combine and fuse, and form a material that will not rust, and requires neither paint nor any preservative agent. The proper regulation of the temperature of the zinc and the iron is a point of great nicety, requiring in the manufacturer much previous experience. The principal managers of this Company were the pioneers in the manufacture of Galvanized Iron in the United States, having commenced it in 1852, with skilled workmen, brought by them from England, expressly for the purpose. Among the advantages they possess, in addition to their enlarged experience, is the exclusive right of Mr. E. A. Harvey's valuable Patent for cleaning iron and other metals from dust, dirt or oxide, which must in time become invaluable. The black dust from the bituminous coal used in the process of manufacturing, has heretofore remained on the sheet when finished, and was alway objectionable to the workers in this article. By this patent process the sheet passes through a cleaning machine of Mr. Harvey's invention (consuming but a moment) when it comes out as free from dust and dirt as a sheet of the finest paper. This is a great desideratum with the worker, and must in time altogether supersede the old method of manufacture.
QUELLE[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 44]


ZEIT1868
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTWhose Galvanizing Works in Philadelphia were noticed among the remarkable manufactories of that city, have very important works in Cecil county, Maryland, for the manufacture of Sheet Iron. They comprise five Rolling Mills, three of them being at North East, styled respectively the North East, the Shannon and the Stony Chase; the fourth, about two miles north of Elkton, called the West Amwell Mill, and the fifth, the Octoraro, at Rowlandsville, a village about five miles North of Port Deposit. Of these mills, four are driven by water power, and one, the largest, a bar Mill, by steam power, where the bar is manufactured and prepared for rolling into sheets. The latter operation is done by water power. They have also a forge with six refinery fires for the manufacture of Charcoal Blooms, with what is termed a "run-out" fire, where all the Pig Metal is melted and "run out" with charcoal,' a process of refining through which the iron passes before going to the forge. All of these are located in Cecil County, Md., with water powers, yet unemployed, sufficient to drive additional works when required. The site for the works at North East was selected over one hundred and fifty years ago, by a company composed chiefly of English capitalists, consisting of Messrs. William and Thomas Russell, William Chetwynd, Samuel and Osgood Gee, and William Whitewick, together with Augustine Washington, the father of the illustrious George Washington. This seems to have been an old company in England, of some of the substantial and enterprising men of that age. They were succeeded by Thomas Russell, and his heirs, who inherited the property, and held it until some twenty years ago, when it was purchased by the present owners. Adjacent to the works at North East, the company own from four to five thousand acres of land, a portion of which is laid off in fine farms, the remainder being woodland, from which they obtain the charcoal consumed in the manufacture of a superior quality of iron, which they use almost exclusively for Galvanizing purposes. The consumption of charcoal alone amounts to over one hundred thousand bushels annually. The works known as the Octoraro, (on the Creek of that name,) at Rowlandsville, some five miles from Port Deposit, were formerly owned by Joseph Roman, and are among the oldest Sheet Iron Works in our country. They have been the property of this Company for a number of years. The West Amwell Mill was built in 1840, and in common with the Company's other mills, enjoys a fine reputation for the quality and finish of its sheets. With the enlarged facilities which they possess, the Company is now able to produce many thousands of tons of Sheet Iron annually. The McCullough Iron Company are the successors of McCullough & Co., a firm established about twenty years since by Jethro J. McCullough, Delaplaine McDaniel, and Edmund A. Harvey, of Wilmington, Delaware. These gentlemen obtained workmen from England, skilled in the art of galvanizing sheet iron, and from a small beginning have become the largest manufacturers of thin black and galvanized iron in the United States. The officers of the McCullough Iron Company, at present, are Delaplaine Mcdaniel, President; John H. Adams, Vice President; Wm. S. Hagany, Treasurer; J. J. McCullough, Managing Director; W. B. Spear, Secretary; E. A. Harvey, General Superintendent of Manufacture.
QUELLE[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 481]


ZEIT1876
THEMABeschreibung
TEXTThree mills, all owned by the same Company. Northeast and West Amwell mills were built in 1847; 10 single puddling furnaces, 10 heating furnaces, 6 trains of rolls, and 1 hammer; water and steam power; product, blooms for galvanizing, and boiled iron of the kind called " Harvey's patent cleaned"; annual capacity, 7.000 net tons; average yearly production, 6.000 tons. A bloomary of 8 fires is at the same place, also owned by this Company. Octoraro mill was built in 1829; 4 heating furnaces for making sheet iron, and 4 trains of rolls; water power; product, sheet iron, from No. 12 to 28, inclusive; annual capacity, 2.500 net tons; average yearly production, 2.000 tons. The muck bar used at Octoraro mill comes from the other mills. See Delaware Rolling Mills.
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