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Vulcan Iron Works
| Firmenname | Vulcan Iron Works |
| Ortssitz | Saint Louis (Missouri) |
| Art des Unternehmens | Walzwerk |
| Anmerkungen | Office: 221 Olive street. Three stacks: two, 60 x 14 and 60 x 15, built in 1869; one, 65 x 16, finished in 1872; closed tops; fuel, raw coal and coke; annual capacity, 50.000 net tons. |
| Quellenangaben | [Ironworks of the United States (1876) 56+110+117] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1869 |
Bau der beiden ersten Hochöfen |
| 1872 |
Bau des Walzwerks |
| 1872 |
Fertigstellung des dritten Hochofens |
| 1875 |
Baubeginn des Stahlwerks |
| 1876 |
Fertigstellung des Bessemer-Stahlwerks |
| 03.1876 |
Fertigstellung des Schienenwalzwerks |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
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Kommentar |
| Walzprofile |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
1876 |
[Ironworks of U.S. (1876)] |
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| Bezeichnung |
Bauzeit |
Hersteller |
| Dampfwinde |
vor 1874 |
Crane Brothers Manufacturing Co. |
| ZEIT | 1876 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | Office: 221 Olive street. Three stacks: two, 60 x 14 and 60 x 15, built in 1869; one, 65 x 16, finished in 1872; closed tops; fuel, raw coal and coke; annual capacity, 50.000 net tons. Rolling mill built in 1872; 18 double and 2 single puddling furnaces, 17 heating furnaces, and three 22-inch trains of rolls; product, light and heavy rails; annual capacity, 50.000 net tons. Bessemer steel works building; two 6-ton converters; 3 pigiron cupolas, 40 x 8; 4 spiegel-melting furnaces, 40 x 5; two 12-ton cupola ladles; 12 gas producers and 3 heating furnaces; one 3-ton hammer; rail mill attached; to be completed by March, 1876. D. R. Garrison, President; D. K. Ferguson, Vice-President; 0. L. Garrison, Secretary and Treasurer; D. E. Garrison, Manager. Has heretofore made only iron rails; but a Bessemer steel plant is now being built, which will be completed in 1876. |
| QUELLE | [Ironworks of the United States (1876)] |
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