A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development . Steel and Iron Works, winch took their name from Charles liurgess 6„e;: A movement to rebuild was immediately set on• ; ky »B*««M»t the s„e of Yorktown addition to New Boston was ?- 220 HANGING ROCK IRON REGTON purchased and |>liiltc(l liy President York. Tin* new plant was completedin ISft!) and at once placed ill operation. Portsmouth Sticicl Company In 1900 the i>lant was sold to the Crucible Steel Company of
A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development . Steel and Iron Works, winch took their name from Charles liurgess 6„e;: A movement to rebuild was immediately set on• ; ky »B*««M»t the s„e of Yorktown addition to New Boston was ?- 220 HANGING ROCK IRON REGTON purchased and |>liiltc(l liy President York. Tin* new plant was completedin ISft!) and at once placed ill operation. Portsmouth Sticicl Company In 1900 the i>lant was sold to the Crucible Steel Company of Americaand was dosed down. It was purchased by the Portsmouth Steel Com-pany in ]!R)2, tin; officers of the corporation being as follows: W. L,(jlessner, president; X. E. Wliittaker, vice president; B. P. Vincent,secretary, and Henry Thomas, general manager. Mr. Glessner continuedas president until 1909, when the capital stock of the company waspurchased by the Whittaker-Glessner Company. COMPANY At that time Alexander Class became president and Andrew Glass,general manager, and no change has been made in those offices. At the. Industrial Suction uf Portsmouth annual meeting of the stockholders held February 2, 1915, the propertyof the Portsmouth Steel Company was sold to the Whittaker-GlessnerCompany, and the plant has .since been operated under the formal styleof the Wliiltaker-Glessner Company, Portsmouth Works. Besides theollicers named, A. C. Wliittaker, W. L. (ilessner and E. C. Ewing are vicepresidents; N. P. Wliittaker, secretary, and G. W. Hocking, treasurer. About three acres are covered with the buildings of the plant, whichconsists of seven open-hearl h furnaces with a capacity of 200,000 tonsper year; a complete blooming department, ill which the ingots areheated and rolled out into bars; large machine shops; a gas producing 1 HANGING ROCK IROX REGION 221 Plant lo .supp|y |1(,„ ,0 lh(. furnaces ; wurh h
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