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Following Stephen Balliet's death in 1854, Balliet & Co. underwent internal reconstruction. Joseph Laubach and Lewis A. Buckley were added to the firm as partners<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref> and the company was incorporated as the Lehigh Valley Iron Company<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. Laubach was made president and Levan was elected to become the secretary, treasurer, and superintendent of the company<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. The company company continued to advance their work with the iron furnaces, building a superintendent's house on the property in 1855 and expanding its resources by purchasing hematite ore-beds in Whitehall Township, PA; Bucks County, PA; and the Ogden Magnetic Ore-Mines in Sussex, NJ<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. | Following Stephen Balliet's death in 1854, Balliet & Co. underwent internal reconstruction. Joseph Laubach and Lewis A. Buckley were added to the firm as partners<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref> and the company was incorporated as the Lehigh Valley Iron Company<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. Laubach was made president and Levan was elected to become the secretary, treasurer, and superintendent of the company<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. The company company continued to advance their work with the iron furnaces, building a superintendent's house on the property in 1855 and expanding its resources by purchasing hematite ore-beds in Whitehall Township, PA; Bucks County, PA; and the Ogden Magnetic Ore-Mines in Sussex, NJ<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. | ||
Additional furnaces were constructed on the property in the years that followed. The second furnace had a 16-foot bosh and 55-foot high stack and was built in 1862, around the same time that a group of eleven houses was established<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. | Additional furnaces were constructed on the property in the years that followed. The second furnace had a 16-foot bosh and 55-foot high stack and was built in 1862, around the same time that a group of eleven brick and frame houses was established<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. To meet the increasing production demands on the company, a third furnace was built five years later, its dimensions including a 16-foot bosh and a stack height of 55-feet<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. The company also erected an additional ten brick houses for its increased workforce of close to one-hundred men<ref>Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504 </ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 7 February 2020
History
In 1853, Stephen Balliet (1781-1854), his sons Stephen Balliet Jr. and Aaron Balliet (1813-1895), and Benjamin S. Levan joined together to create Balliet & Co., with the goal of creating and running an iron furnace[1]. The land for the furnace was purchased on the west bank of Coplay Creek and totaled twelve acres[2]. The foundation for the first furnace was constructed in the fall of 1853, and, in 1854, the 14-foot bosh and 45-foot tall furnace stack was erected[3].
Advancement
Following Stephen Balliet's death in 1854, Balliet & Co. underwent internal reconstruction. Joseph Laubach and Lewis A. Buckley were added to the firm as partners[4] and the company was incorporated as the Lehigh Valley Iron Company[5]. Laubach was made president and Levan was elected to become the secretary, treasurer, and superintendent of the company[6]. The company company continued to advance their work with the iron furnaces, building a superintendent's house on the property in 1855 and expanding its resources by purchasing hematite ore-beds in Whitehall Township, PA; Bucks County, PA; and the Ogden Magnetic Ore-Mines in Sussex, NJ[7].
Additional furnaces were constructed on the property in the years that followed. The second furnace had a 16-foot bosh and 55-foot high stack and was built in 1862, around the same time that a group of eleven brick and frame houses was established[8]. To meet the increasing production demands on the company, a third furnace was built five years later, its dimensions including a 16-foot bosh and a stack height of 55-feet[9]. The company also erected an additional ten brick houses for its increased workforce of close to one-hundred men[10].
Notes
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
- ↑ Mathews and Hungerford 1884, 504
References
- Mathews, Alfred, and Austin N Hungerford. 1884. History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Everts & Richards.