Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1910 — CAST LARGEST INGOT [ARTICLE]

CAST LARGEST INGOT

Homestead Works Put Out Piece of Steel Weighing 135 Tons. At mill No. 2 of the Hamestead, Pa., Steel works there was cast what is said to be the largest ingot of Krupp ■teel in the world. The ingot is 13 feet 4 Inches high, 10 feet 8 inches wide and 4 feet 4 inches thick, and weighs 135 tons. It will be taken to the press shop of the armor plate works and pressed into a plate eighteen inches thick. The ingot is one of a pair ordered by the United States government for a land fort on. the Panama canaL The other ingot Till be cast in about two weeks. . " M<r. Hayner, piano tuner and repairer from Chicago, is in town. Patrons desiring to have their pianos put in order will please rush their orders in to Clarke's jewelry store as soon as possible^.