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June 1911, Iron Trade Review counts 8 blast furnaces with 5 in operation.^[1] No. 1 - No. 4 were built in 1853. No. 5 in 1873, No. 6 in 1879, No. 7 in 1903, No. 8 in 1906.^[2]

February 1903, 2 new 50-ton open-hearth furnaces with 60,000 tons per year capacity were built. 16 50-ton furnaces to be built in the near future will bring the total at the Franklin plant to 24.^[3]

June 1903, No. 6 improvements underway to increase capacity from 275 to 400 tons per day.^[4]

January 24, 1906, No. 7 blown in.^[5]

August 8, 1907, No. 8 blown in. 500 tons per day.^[6]

June 5, 1916: a new 500-ton blast furnace (No. 9^[7]) was blown in. Four stoves. Boiler house extended by 12 300hp superheated Babcock & Wilcox boilers. Engine house extended by a 48x86x84x60-inch Hooven-Owens-Rentschler engine. Construction began March 12.^[8]

22 October 1942, the "G" furnace, which was relined and enlarged in 21 days from from 21 feet to 25 feet adding 300 tons daily capacity, is renamed "Victory furnace" and blown in.^[9]

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References

^ "Crude Steel Firm - Inquiry for Bessemer". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 48, no. 26. 29 June 1911. p. 1244.
^ "Cambria Increases Its Capacity". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 58, no. 25. 22 June 1916. p. 1369.
^ "The Week in Iron Cicles - Pittsburg". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 36, no. 6. 5 February 1903. p. 50.
^ "General Industrial Notes". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 36, no. 23. 4 June 1903. p. 106.
^ "Iron Trade Chronology for 1906". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 40, no. 1. 3 January 1907. p. 29.
^ "General Industrial Notes". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 41, no. 7. 15 August 1907. p. 281.
^ "Cambria Increases Its Capacity". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 58, no. 25. 22 June 1916. p. 1369.
^ "Quick Work in Building Blast Furnace". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 58, no. 24. 15 June 1916. p. 1329.
^ ""Victory" Furnace Relined, Enlarged in 21 days". Steel. Vol. 111. 2 November 1942. p. 42.

[1] "Crude Steel Firm - Inquiry for Bessemer". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 48, no. 26. 29 June 1911. p. 1244.

[2] "Cambria Increases Its Capacity". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 58, no. 25. 22 June 1916. p. 1369.

[3] "The Week in Iron Cicles - Pittsburg". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 36, no. 6. 5 February 1903. p. 50.

[4] "General Industrial Notes". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 36, no. 23. 4 June 1903. p. 106.

[5] "Iron Trade Chronology for 1906". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 40, no. 1. 3 January 1907. p. 29.

[6] "General Industrial Notes". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 41, no. 7. 15 August 1907. p. 281.

[7] "Cambria Increases Its Capacity". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 58, no. 25. 22 June 1916. p. 1369.

[8] "Quick Work in Building Blast Furnace". Iron Trade Review. Vol. 58, no. 24. 15 June 1916. p. 1329.

[9] ""Victory" Furnace Relined, Enlarged in 21 days". Steel. Vol. 111. 2 November 1942. p. 42.

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