Early History and Reminiscences of Catasauqua in Pennsylvania (Paperback)


Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: years. During this time, he experimented successfully with the use of anthracite coal as a smelting fuel, and ultimately produced anthracite iron by the introduction of a hot blast into the furnace. While he was developing his experience in the successful manufacture of anthracite iron at this establishment in Wales, enterprising capitalists connected with the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in Pennsylvania were considering means to develop their business in the Lehigh Valley, and in this behalf they offered valuable water privileges along the river to any persons who should lay out $30,000 in erecting a furnace and run it successfully for three months by the exclusive use of anthracite coal for fuel. Selected Manager?This great inducement led these capitalists to organize an iron company, which they named after the active proprietor of the works in Wales where Thomas was employed, and they delegated one of their associates, Erskine Hazard, to visit that establishment and secure a competent man to superintend the erection of such a furnace as was contemplated; and this resulted in employing Mr. Thomas. The Company selected Biery's-Port along the Canal, three miles above Allentown (afterwards named Catasauqua) as the locality for their great undertaking, and in one year after his arrival, Mr. Thomas demonstrated the practicability of producing iron successfully as a commercial commodity by th sole use of anthracite coal. Since then Mr. Thomas has become recognized as the pioneer in this particular line of business in America, which directed much long-continued public attention to this locality. Quite naturally his accomplishment and its beneficient results to the community will be made a significant feature in the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Catasauqua in the...

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: years. During this time, he experimented successfully with the use of anthracite coal as a smelting fuel, and ultimately produced anthracite iron by the introduction of a hot blast into the furnace. While he was developing his experience in the successful manufacture of anthracite iron at this establishment in Wales, enterprising capitalists connected with the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company in Pennsylvania were considering means to develop their business in the Lehigh Valley, and in this behalf they offered valuable water privileges along the river to any persons who should lay out $30,000 in erecting a furnace and run it successfully for three months by the exclusive use of anthracite coal for fuel. Selected Manager?This great inducement led these capitalists to organize an iron company, which they named after the active proprietor of the works in Wales where Thomas was employed, and they delegated one of their associates, Erskine Hazard, to visit that establishment and secure a competent man to superintend the erection of such a furnace as was contemplated; and this resulted in employing Mr. Thomas. The Company selected Biery's-Port along the Canal, three miles above Allentown (afterwards named Catasauqua) as the locality for their great undertaking, and in one year after his arrival, Mr. Thomas demonstrated the practicability of producing iron successfully as a commercial commodity by th sole use of anthracite coal. Since then Mr. Thomas has become recognized as the pioneer in this particular line of business in America, which directed much long-continued public attention to this locality. Quite naturally his accomplishment and its beneficient results to the community will be made a significant feature in the celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Catasauqua in the...

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General Books LLC

Country of origin

United States

Release date

2012

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First published

2012

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

36

ISBN-13

978-0-217-77949-4

Barcode

9780217779494

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0-217-77949-2



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