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The
Sharon Steel Casting Company, Frank
Buhl, president; Samuel
McClure, vice-president; Daniel
Eagan, secretary and general manager; John Forker, treasurer; B. F. Watkins, superintendent;
and selling agent, S. P. Davidson, 117
Monroe Street, Chicago, was organized in February, 1887. The commodious
works, located on the northern limits of the town, were erected the
same year, and the first steel was made on the 26th of August. The
equipment consists of one fifteen-ton Siemens-Martin open hearth
furnace. The product is steel castings of all kinds, the annual
capacity being 10,000 net tons. This is the only steel plant in Mercer
County. Though its history is yet limited, it is safe to say it is
turning out the finest quality of steel castings, and its product is
second to none.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, page 197
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Biography of Samuel McClure
Biography
of John Forker
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The
Sharon works of the American
Steel Foundries originated in the Sharon Steel Casting Company,
which was organized in February. 1887, and was the first steel plant in
Mercer county. Its equipment consisted of an open—hearth furnace, and
the first steel was made there August 26, 1887. The organizers of the
company were F. H. Buhl, Daniel
Eagan and Samuel
McClure. Mr. Buhl
was president, Mr. McClure,
vice president, and Mr. Eagan,
who later became first vice president of the national corporation, was
secretary and general manager. The plant was acquired by the American
Steel Casting Company, which in 1902 became a constituent company of
the American Steel Foundries.
Twentieth
Century History of Mercer County,
1909, page 358
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