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Firmstone's son. The purpose of the rebuilding was again to modernize the furnaces. After being rebuilt, the furnaces were both 80 feet (24 m) tall. They had boshes that were 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter. All of the first three furnaces were modernized once more in between 1887 and 1889.
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and Boston, where it was rolled into bars at the
Glendon Rolling Mill and also made into finished products. However, after the Glendon Rolling Mill closed in 1857, the Glendon Iron Company began selling their iron to what was known as the Grey Forge market instead. By 1846, the company was producing
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Glendon Iron Company was established in 1842. The land was secured by the Boston businessman Charles Jackson, Jr. The company began to produce pig iron in 1844. A second furnace was built in 1846. The third furnace belonging to the company was constructed in 1850. In 1852, the company purchased
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Glendon Iron Company was rebuilt by William Firmstone with the intent of modernizing it. After being rebuilt, the furnace was 63 feet (19 m) tall, and its bosh had a diameter of 18 feet (5.5 m). In 1881, the second and third furnaces were rebuilt by Frank
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for pig iron and difficult economic times, the company closed in 1896. The buildings of the company's furnace were demolished at the beginning of the 1900s. The demolition was completed by 1914. The steam-blowing engines were bought by the
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was also brought to the company from New Jersey. The finished product was then sent to the Morris Canal by the Lehigh
Navigation company. From the Morris Canal, the iron was shipped by sea to
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Glendon Iron Company was magnetite from New Jersey and the remaining 75% was brown
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measured 10 feet (3.0 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m). After 1850, it was powered by a common blast. The common blast was powered by both
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in 1862. A total of five furnaces were owned by the company by 1868. The company began to decline in 1884. It bought
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that was 75 feet (23 m) high. It had a bosh that had a diameter of 18 feet (5.5 m). The stack was made of
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