Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1891 — Making Huge Guns. [ARTICLE]

Making Huge Guns.

Secretary Tracy and Commodore Folger, of the Bureau of Ordnance, made an official visit to the ordnanco department of the Bethlehem (Pa ) Iron Company. They witnessed the pouring of a | 180-ton casting, which is the largest ever made In this country. They also witnessed the forging of the first 13-inch gun made by the Bethlehem Iron Com- | pany. Armor plates were also forged. The visitors expressed themselves as highly gratified with the progress made on tho $4,000,000 contract.