Pig-iron Smelting

Summary

Stock floor of a charcoal blast furnace. Shows on the right fine-ore bin, next coarse-ore bin. In front of the coarse-ore bin is a buggy, in which ore is weighed, hoisted to the top of the furnace, rolled over the throat, and emptied by lowering the bottom of the buggy. Beyond the ore bin is the charcoal bin and a buggy for charging the charcoal, which is emptied by tipping it over the throat of the furnace onto the bell. At the left is a scale for weighing the charge. Over the ore bin is a rock breaker.

Subject

• Dewey, Fred. P (Frederic Perkins) 1855-1921
• United States National Museum
• a United States National Museum Department of Metallurgy and Economic Geology

Notes

• Collected by curator of metallurgy and economic geology, Frederic P. Dewey, to illustrate metallurgical processes and mineral resources of the United States.
• Description from "Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 42: A Preliminary Descriptive Catalogue of the Systematic Collections in Economic Geology and Metallurgy in the United States National Museum," page xv.
• USNM No. 54630.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 011, Image No. MAH-3806

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1880
• 1880s

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

• Mining
• Ironwork
• Mineral industries
• Metal-work
• Mines and mineral resources
• Iron foundries
• Metallurgy

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3806]

Physical description

5 x 8;

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