Spelter Smelting at Passaic Zinc Company

Summary

Spelter smelting in the Belgian furnaces of the Passaic Zinc Company, Jersey City, New Jersey. Shows the furnace in full blast, the lower rows of condensers have the prolongs attached, while the upper two rows have not. White oxide of zinc is being formed from imperfect condensation at several of the condensers.

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 xvi.
• USNM. No. 54627.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 011, Image No. MAH-3828

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

Place

Jersey City (N.J.)

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-3828]

Physical description

5 x 8;

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