Fire at No. 1 furnace of the Wharton Steel Company, of Wharton, N. J., recently caused a damage of about $10,000. The furnace, now out of commission, will be repaired at once. The company is producing manganese at its works. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant 1918
RECENT PATENTS
Process of Producing Steel in Side-Blown Converters.
1,249,075. John H. Hall, N e w York, N.Y., assignor to Taylor Wharton Iron & Steel Co., High Bridge, N. J. This invention provides in the pneumatic process of making steel, the improvement which consists in subjecting
to lateral air blowing a feruginous mixture in which the silicon and manganese are present in such quantity and are so proportioned that by their oxidation there is produced a workable fluid slag containing approximately 60 parts of M n O to every 40 parts of Si0. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant 1918
J. Leonard Replogle has resigned as chairman and director of the Wharton Steel Company. J. H. Hillman, Jr., has been elected director. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant 1918
J. Leonard Replogle has been elected a director and chairman of the board of the Wharton Steel Company, Dover N.J. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant February 1919 [ No it doesn't make any sense to me either! ]
The Wharton Steel Company, Wharton, N. J., recently closed down its three blast furnaces, including the unit working on manganese. It is understood that this latter furnace will not again be placed in operation until the market for this material improves. The second furnace was closed down through lack of ore, while the third was forced to suspend through breakage in hoisting machinery. This latter unit is expected to be in operation again at an early date. The company also operates iron ore properties including the section known as Scrub Oak and the new works, recently completed at Mine Hill. The Wharton railroad, controlled by the company, operates between the mines and the blast furnaces. The company is now giving employment to about 200 men at its furnaces, having cut down its recent working force of about 450 to this number. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant February 1919
The blast furnaces of the Wharton Steel Company, Wharton, N. J., have been closed down for an indefinite period owing to the impracticability of producing under present market conditions. Previous to a recent strike at its works, the company had orders on hand for considerable material, and these orders were transferred to other companies owing to the uncertainty of the duration of the strike. The company also operates its own iron mines in this vicinity at Mine Hill, Scrub Oak. etc., and work at these properties has been curtailed. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant June 1919
The Wharton Steel Company, Wharton, N. J., has resumed operations at its local plant following a shut-down for about two months past, due to a strike of employees. It is understood that the works will run at capacity until further notice. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant September 1919
The Replogle Steel Company, Wharton, N. J., formerly known as the Wharton Steel Company, has plans under
way for extensive enlargements and improvements to its local plant for increased production. The smallest of the three blast furnaces at the works will be razed, and two new furnaces, each of 600 tons rating, will be constructed. These furnaces will be of the latest type of construction, electrically-operated throughout.
The present No. 2 and 3 furnaces will be remodeled and relined, and brought fully up to date in all respects; these furnaces have a capacity of about 500 tons each. Plans are also being prepared for the erection of a new
electrically-operated ore bridge to convey the raw material from the storage bins to the furnaces.
The company is also planning for the construction of a new steel finishing mill, and a battery of coke ovens, as
well as a new sintering plant. The company has its own iron mines in this vicinity, and operates a railroad known
as the Wharton Northern. The improvements at the steel plant will require from six to nine months to bring
to completion, and will provide for the employment of a total of about 5,000 men at the plant. H. M. Roche is
consulting engineer for the company located at the Wharton works. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant February 1920
The Wharton Steel Company, Wharton, N. J., has arranged for the installation of a new sintering works at its local mills. The company has secured permission from the American Ore Reclamation Company, 71 Broadway, New York, to use the Dwight & Lloyd process machines for this work. The installation will consist of two double-length sintering machines, with capacity of about 700 tons of sinter per day from ore concentrates and flue dust. The installation will be made by the Arthur G. McKee Company, Cleveland, O. It is now contemplated to increase the equipment to a total of six machines at a later date. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant June 1920
A. M. Menefee was recently appointed superintendent of the Replogle Division of the Wharton Steel Company.
Blast Furnace and Steel Plant July 1920
J. Leonard Replogle,who is president of the Vanadium Corporation of America, and chairman of the Replogle
Steel Company, has left for Europe to remain a month or two. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant August 1920
J. Leonard Replogle, president Vanadium Corportion of America sailed for Europe on the Mauretania, July 1, for a 10 weeks stay in the interest of the Replogle Steel Company and the Vanadium Company. The purpose of his trip is to figure on some large contracts. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant September 1920
The Replogle Steel Company, Wharton, N. J., has placed the second furnace in blast at its local mill, and the plant
is now on a regular producing basis. The company's mill at the Scrub Oak mine in this same section, has also been placed in service, and it is proposed to resume mining operations in the near future. In connection with the acquisition of an interest in the Wickwire-Spencer Steel Company by J. L. Replogle, head of the company, it is said that there will be a change in operations at the Wharton furnaces, the production being entirely utilized at the Wickwire-Spencer works. Plans are being proposed for general expansion. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant January 1923
The Replogle Steel Company, New York, N.Y., is completing repairs at its large blast furnace at Catasauqua, Pa
including the relining of the stack, and plans to have the unit ready for service at an early date. It will be blown in, it is said, with a full operating force, with expectation of keeping in blast for many months to come. The company is also arranging for extensions in its furnaces at Wharton,N.J., and the second stack will be blown in shortly. A full working is being employed, and operations are also being advanced at the local iron ore properties.
Blast Furnace and Steel Plant January 1923
J. Leonard Replogle, chairman of the Replogle Steel Company and president of the Vanadium Corporation of America, has been elected a director of the Wickwire Spencer Steel Corporation, Buffalo and Worcester,
Mass. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant February 1923
The furnaces of the Replogle Steel Company at Wharton, N.J., are running a charge consisting of coarse magnetic concentrates and sinter. The charge is about 80 per cent, magnetite and about 15 per cent, sinter. In speaking of it, H. J. Briney, the blast furnace superintendent, said that this was an easier operating furnace charge than would be a charge of Mesabi ore. His previous experience before coming to Wharton had been, he stated, exclusively with Mesabi ores. Report of the Ontario Iron Ore Committee 1923
The Replogle Steel Company, 120 Broadway, New York, headed by J. Leonard Replogle, operating blast furnaces at Wharton, N. J., is arranging for an extension of interests and has secured options for the purchase of the plant and business of the Warren Foundry & Pipe Company, Phillipsburg, N. J., for a consideration stated to be $4,000,000. The company is also said to be negotiating for the acquisition of the plant and property of the Donaldson Iron Co.,Emaus, Pa., and proposes to expand these works to be operated, as in the case of the Warren company, in connection with its Wharton works. Blast Furnace and Steel Plant August 1924
On January 16th, 1922 the Warren Foundry & Pipe Co. acquired control of the Replogle Steel Co., which controlled the Wharton & Northern RR. Wharton & Northern RR filed with the NJ Sec. of State on Aug. 8th, 1922 a conditional sales agreement (for equipment). Mt. Hope Mineral RR beginning Jan. 1st, 1924 was operated by the Wharton & Northern RR. The W&N RR was owned by the Warren Foundry & Pipe Co. at that time. In Mar. 1927 the Empire Iron & Steel Co. and the Replogle Steel Co. were merged into the Warren Foundry & Pipe Co.
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Warren Foundry & Pipe Corp. was immediately organized to take over what was left of Replogle Steel Co. in this year, but it never re-opened the Wharton furnace and it let Alan Wood Steel Co. buy the Scrub Oak Mine. It continued to operated the Mt. Hope Mine plus a pipe business in Phillipsburg and in Everett, Mass. In 1953 it started a quarry next to the Mt. Hope Mine.
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J. Leonard Replogle, for many years a leading figure in the steel industry, has become a special partner in the New York stock exchange firm of Harris, Winthrop & Company. Mr. Replogle was formerly head of the Replogle Steel Company. He is a director of the Warren Foundry & Pipe Corporation, Wharton, N. J.
Blast Furnace and Steel Plant November 1928
Summer Mining Camp.
During the past year plans were worked out by the Department of Mining, Metallurgy and Geology for the establishment of a separate summer school for ordinary and mine surveying which would offer opportunities for study in mining, metallurgy and geology. The sum of $15,000 was allotted by the Corporation, and after a very careful study of different plans and sites the Replogle Mine, in Dover, New Jersey, was selected. The plans as drawn up are for a permanent camp at an estimated cost of $35,000. The money appropriated was expended in accordance with this plan and not on temporary provisions, which would in the end be a loss. The site which has been generously leased to the Institute by the Replogle Steel Company is extremely well suited for the purpose, as mines and smelters equipped with modern machinery are in the immediate vicinity. The district is, also, located in a region of exceptional geological interest. The first school at the Camp was held in August and September, 1923. Besides the instruction in surveying, excursions were undertaken, as opportunity presented, to neighboring properties and localities interesting for geological exposures. The attendance at the Camp this first summer was twenty students, which is very good considering the short time available for preparation and announcements. A school of Mining Practice is planned for coming years as well as courses of practical instruction in geological mapping. It is hoped to make this new summer camp most serviceable and, in fact, indispensable to the three sections of the department.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President's Report October 1923