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==Furnace Statements== | ==Furnace Statements== | ||
In 1850 | In 1850 the Lehigh Furnace was owned by "S. Balliet and Co." The furnace was listed as having no furnaces in blast and one furnace out of blast. The furnace utilized hematite ore. Prior to 1850, the largest tonnage produced by the furnace was 1,430. In 1849 1,204 tons of iron were produced; capacity was listed as 1200 tons. In that same year, ninety men and boys were employed by the furnace and sixty "oxen, horses and mules" were used by the furnace. The hot blast furnace operated at five hundred degrees. It had one tuyere with a diameter of two and three-quarter inches. The bosh was seven and a half feet and the height was thirty-one feet. The blast was powered by water. The furnace produced "number one" metal<ref>Convention of Iron Masters 1850, 141</ref>. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 15:22, 10 June 2020
History
In 1826, Stephen Balliet (1781-1854) and Samuel Helfrich purchased twenty-five acres from Christian Snyder and Christian Bloss and built a furnace on that land near Trout Creek[1] that was thirty feet high and eight feet at the bosh. The location was chosen for its proximity to the Blue Mountain, which supplied the wood needed for charcoal production[2]. The furnace was "blown in" or ignited in 1826[3]. At the time, ore was brought from a mine in South Whitehall (presumably Ironton) owned by Stephen Balliet and Samuel Helfrich[4].
After Samuel Helfrich died in 1830, his shares were purchased by Stephen Balliet. Stephen Balliet operated the furnace until 1854 when he passed[5].
Applebach was the first superintendent of the furnace[6]. Samuel Lewis (1805-1897) was the manager of the furnace from 1828 to 1832[7] [8]. Benjamin Levan (1806-1886) was the manager from 1832 to 1854[9]. Levi Haas was a bookkeeper for the company[10][1].
Eventually, the furnace was sold to Cooper and Hewitt, owned by Peter Cooper and his son-in-law Abram Hewitt[11].
In 1876, the furnace was listed as being out of blast for four years[12].
Furnace Statements
In 1850 the Lehigh Furnace was owned by "S. Balliet and Co." The furnace was listed as having no furnaces in blast and one furnace out of blast. The furnace utilized hematite ore. Prior to 1850, the largest tonnage produced by the furnace was 1,430. In 1849 1,204 tons of iron were produced; capacity was listed as 1200 tons. In that same year, ninety men and boys were employed by the furnace and sixty "oxen, horses and mules" were used by the furnace. The hot blast furnace operated at five hundred degrees. It had one tuyere with a diameter of two and three-quarter inches. The bosh was seven and a half feet and the height was thirty-one feet. The blast was powered by water. The furnace produced "number one" metal[13].
Notes
- ↑ Swank 1884, 149
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 553
- ↑ Convention of Iron Masters 1850
- ↑ Allentown Democrat 1898
- ↑ Allentown Democrat 1898
- ↑ Allentown Democrat 1898
- ↑ Allentown Leader 1897, 1
- ↑ Allentown Democrat 1898
- ↑ Allentown Democrat 1898
- ↑ Allentown Democrat October 11, 1899
- ↑ Allentown Democrat, May 4, 1898
- ↑ The American Iron and Steel Association 1876, 60
- ↑ Convention of Iron Masters 1850, 141
Reference List
- Convention of Iron Masters. 1850. Documents Relating to the Manufacture of Iron in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: General Committee. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000958393.
- Mathews, Alfred, and Austin N Hungerford. 1884. History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards.
- Swank, James M. 1884. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages, and Particularly in the United States for Three Hundred Years, from 1585 to 1885. Philadelphia: Published by the author. [2]
- The Allentown Democrat. 1898. The Last Existing One of the Eastern Pennsylvania Charcoal Furnaces, May 4, 1898.[3]
- The Allentown Leader. 1897. The End Has Come. Samuel Lewis, Pioneer Iron Master, Passes Away, July 31, 1897.[4]
- The Allentown Democrat. 1899. Met with a Fatal Fall, October 11, 1899. [5]
- The American Iron and Steel Association. 1876. The Ironworks of the United States: A Directory of the Furnaces, Rolling Mills, Steel Works, Forges and Bloomeries in Every State. Philadelphia: James B. Chandler's Steam Printing Establishment.