CHESTER, - Delaware County PA History

CHESTER,
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feet wide by 125 feet long, containing I 2,500 feet floor surface.
The foundry is equipped with all the latest improvcmcnts
known to the tradc, amongst thcm two Colliau cupolas of 14
tons capacity pcr hom', cach cupola having its own Patent Bakcr
Blower. Thc capacity for melting iron is 50 tons, with a
possibility of 60 tons. At prescnt the founder), has two
twcnty-ton jib cranes, and one ()\'crhcad l\Iorgan traveling
crane, of 25 tons capacity, with a lift of thirty-fiYl' fed. Castings
weighing four pieces to the pound up to t\\'CIH: . 'IlS each,
havc becn made, and if rcquired a thirty-ton casting could be
cast and I11m'ed with tht, same ease as one of four or five tons.
This foundery is espccially adapted for making loam casings of
any required size i)r shape, and is now largely cngaged in making
such castings for other shops. A branch of the railroad
tracks extcnd into thc stock-yard, and also passes over a Fairbanks
railway track scalc. '\lith the advantage of the rivcr
front, (where the largcst ships can land) and the railroad
conncctions, the works possess shipping facilities unsurpassed.
The works were originally dcsigned for two spccial classes of
work, one branch for the heavicst kind and the othcr for thc
lightest. The department for thc heavy work was fitted up for
the building of thc Lewis 1\'1iller's patcnt steam and hydraulic
cotton compress, which is the most massive machine built in
this country; a complcte machinc (frolll the largcst patterns)
weighs 500,000 pounds, requiring the largest kind of machinery
to build them. The other branch, for the light work. was put
in to build the three cylinder Brotherhood's patent high speed
cngine. This requiring the finest and small machinery. It
thus follows that scarcely any kind of work in the line of
machinery could offer that this C ,mpany arc not prepared to
build, without any addition or change of machinery.
In addition to the two special classes of machinery named,
they build the Corliss engine, with all the latest improvcments;
all kinds of heavy machinery for rolling mills, cotton and
woollen factories, saw mills and pumping pUl-poses. They also
build the Chestcr water engine, especially adapted for draining
mines and qUalTics.