The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 2
Estimate of Cost of Two Furnaces, 50 Feet High, 16 Feet Boshes, 6 Feet Hearths
Estimate of Cost of Two Furnaces, 50 Feet High, 16 Feet Boshes, 6 Feet Hearths.
Foundation of furnaces | £700 |
Stack, flues, and boiler-seats | 2,300 |
Engine-house and foundations | 700 |
Hoist-well and hoist | 400 |
Stoves, brickwork, and castings | 2,700 |
Furnaces and lining, with gas apparatus | 8,000 |
Two blowing engines | 3,000 |
Ten boilers | 2,000 |
Cast-houses, roofs, &c. | 1,800 |
£21,600 |
Estimate of cost of producing 360 tons of iron per week, or say 18,000 tons per annum, which two furnaces 50 feet high will make:—