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Sharon
Steel Castings Company |
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The
Sharon Steel Casting Company,
Frank Buhl, president;
Samuel McClure, vice-president; Daniel
Eagan, secretary and general manager; John
Forker, treasurer; B. F. Watkins,
superintendent; and selling agent, S. P. Davidson,
117 Monroe Street, Chicago, was organized in February, 1887. The
commodious works, located on the northern limits of the town, were
erected the same year, and the first steel was made on the 26th of
August. The equipment consists of one fifteen-ton Siemens-Martin open
hearth furnace. The product is steel castings of all kinds, the annual
capacity being 10,000 net tons. This is the only steel plant in Mercer
County. Though its history is yet limited, it is safe to say it is
turning out the finest quality of steel castings, and its product is
second to none.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 197
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Biography
of Samuel McClure
Biography
of John Forker |
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The Sharon works
of the American Steel Foundries
originated in the Sharon Steel Casting Company,
which was organized in February. 1887, and was the first steel plant in
Mercer county. Its equipment consisted of an open—hearth furnace, and
the first steel was made there August 26, 1887. The organizers of the
company were F. H. Buhl, Daniel Eagan and Samuel
McClure. Mr. Buhl was president, Mr.
McClure, vice president, and Mr. Eagan,
who later became first vice president of the national corporation, was
secretary and general manager. The plant was acquired by the American
Steel Casting Company, which in 1902 became a constituent company of the
American Steel Foundries.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, page 358 |
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