Thomas Iron Company

Allgemeines

FirmennameThomas Iron Company
OrtssitzHokendauqua (USA)
Art des UnternehmensEisenwerk
AnmerkungenAuch bezeichnet als "Thomas Iron Works". 1876: Six anthrazite stacks; four, 60 x 18, and two, 55 x 18; two were built in 1855, two in 1863, and two in 1873; total annual capacity, 80.000 net tons. Samuel Thomas, President; J. T. Knight, Secretary and Treasurer, and John Thomas, General Superintendent. Betrieben mit Lehigh Valley-Anthrazit. Siehe auch Werke: Lock Ridge Furnaces in Alburtis, Keytone in Glendon und Saucon in Hellertown.
Quellenangaben[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 475] [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 17] [Directory to the iron and steel works of the U.S. (1896) 11]




Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit Ereignis
1855 Bau der beiden ersten Hochöfen (Nr. 1: 80 x 17 ft.)
1855 Bau des Werks
1862/1863 In diesen Jahren werden in den zwei Hochöfen 27.000 Tonnen Eisen hergestellt.
1863 Bau des dritten und vierten Hochofens (beide 60 x 17 ft.)
1873 Bau des fünften und sechsten Hochofens (beide 65 x 17 ft.)
1894 Abbruch des Hochofens Nr. 2 (Baujahr 1855)




Produkte

Produkt ab Bem. bis Bem. Kommentar
Roheisen 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] 1876 [Ironworks of U.S. (1876)]  




Betriebene Dampfmaschinen

Bezeichnung Bauzeit Hersteller
Dampfgebläsemaschinen um 1868 Isaac P. Morris & Co.




Firmen-Änderungen, Zusammenschüsse, Teilungen, Beteiligungen


Zeit = 1: Zeitpunkt unbekannt

Zeit Bezug Abfolge andere Firma Kommentar
1 Nebenwerk danach Lock Ridge Furnaces  
1 Nebenwerk danach Saucon Furnace  
1 Nebenwerk danach Keystone Furnace  




Allgemeines

ZEIT1868
THEMAFirmenbeschreibung
TEXTThey were built in 1855, and are managed by Samuel Thomas, the son of David Thomas, who first successfully introduced the manufacture of iron by means of anthracite coal. The original furnaces were built together, and alike, eighteen feet across the bosh and sixty feet high, and are blown at the extraordinary pressure of eight and a half pounds to the square inch, by two large engines constructed at the West Point Iron Foundry, the steam cylinders being fifty-six inches in diameter, and the blowing cylinders ninety inches diameter. In 1862 and 1863 these twin stacks made twenty-seven thousand tons of iron, a larger production than was ever before attained. Recently two additional furnaces were erected, eighteen by fifty-five feet, which are blown by two very large beam engines constructed by I. P. Morris & Co., of Philadelphia, the steam cylinders being sixty-six inches in diameter, and the blowing cylinders one hundred and eight inches, and ten feet stroke. The materials are conveyed to the top of the stacks by atmospheric pressure - and in all their appointments they may be said to be the model furnaces of America.
QUELLE[Bishop: History of American manufacturers 3 (1868) 475]