Glendon Iron Company
The Glendon Iron Company was an iron company in the Lehigh Valley, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was the second iron furnace in Lehigh Valley to be fueled by anthracite. The company was established in 1842 and disestablished in 1896. Its leaders were primarily based in Boston and Hazleton. The company's main methods of export were via the Lehigh Canal and the Morris Canal. The company started out with a single furnace, but eventually came to own five furnaces. Description of the furnaces The first furnace of the Glendon Iron company received its power from two waterwheels in the Lehigh Canal. The waterwheels were in diameter. The waterwheels powered a pair of horizontally positioned blast cylinders. The second furnace to be built was high. Its bosh measured by . After 1850, it was powered by a common blast. The common blast was powered by both steam power and water power. The third furnace to be built was the same height as the second. However, its bosh was by . This furnace was powered by the same common blast as the second furnace. The fifth furnace had a stack that was high. It had a bosh that had a