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Norton Iron Works Opened.On the liUh inst. the immense iron worksin of construction at Ashland, K-yv;for two years or more, were formally com-pleted and fired up for the first time; It wasthe !occasion of great jubilation, for it is to^ -b . * it* *' ' V '**' f * ’ * ' H «’ ' ' • ** f'give employment to five hundred men, and through them *to the support of twice as many more people. The capital invested S+- ' • ftp* * * mamounts to over a million dollars. .* . • *The furnace has a capacity for inannfac* turing sixty tons per day. The rolling-mill has a complete set of-foils, and the nailroom.coutains one hundred machines. Cotu*+ . *.*,'■ **' . ’• m ' , * -neet.ed with the institution are twelve fortv-* t lt;+ , tpT * ■two-inch boilers, which snpply the two vastengines with steam sufficient to run all theworks save the large cooper-shup, which has an independent machine.CftTonel K. M. Norton, President of th-Company, in a few’ well timed remarks dedi-’« , m' * ^ ~ t ,rated tlif works to the laboring people of' V ; - v- v * c_-; -the country, and invoked the blessing ofGod open both. Judge \V. C. Ireland paid n high tribute to the energy displayed by Colonel Norton and his very efficient Super-* ** 4* r • r « * ’•* *.•••. • I • • ’ 9• • r i • # *' * “ —4* * -'•* . 0 *inteiideut, John M. Nofttm, whose Zeal and*•* . • . ■ . .V ’ - . ' . “ •activity have contributed largely to the success of the enterprise. ’ 5k
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Weekly Times
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Feb 26, 1874
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