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most eqiiallj^ identified with the industrial interests of Essex 

 county, and from it are derived a large proportion of the raw 

 material, the agricultural supplies and the labor that sustains 

 them. 



The forges, rolling mills and nail factories of Messrs J. and J. 

 Rogers at Au Sable Forks ; of the Peru Iron Company at Clin- 

 tonville; and E. and J. D. Kingsland & Co., at Keeseville, each of 

 them upon the Au Sable river, may be classed with the most ex- 

 tensive and valuable iron manufacturing establishments of the 

 Union. The aggregate annual product of nails from these seve- 

 ral institutions is immense.* 



No process in the mechanical arts is more interesting and beau- 

 tiful, than the fabrication of nails, by the improved machinery. 

 The instrument is exact and powerful, and pours forth in its 

 operation an unbroken stream of nails, perfectly executed. A 

 single machine, attended by a boy, makes five kegs of 100 

 lbs. each, daily. The iron of Northern New-York, peculiar 

 for its exceeding toughness and strength, forms nails of the 

 first quality, which command the highest prices in market. 

 The formation of wrought nails by machinery, has been desired 

 for many years, as promising the highest utility in this manu- 

 facture. This result, it is assumed, has been recently accom- 

 plished in the invention of a machine, by Mr. Daniel Dodge, 

 of Keeseville, which forms the horse nail with great accuracy and 

 beauty. Arrangements are now in progress by Messrs. Kings- 

 land & Co., Ibr the extensive introduction of these machines into 

 their works. Their successful operation, it is considered, will 

 largely extend the nail manufacture in this region. 



• Tho Messrs. Kingsland & Co. alone consume 140 tons of iron each week. They run 50 

 machidc?, which manufiicture daily 250 kegs of naild. In the year 1852 there was exported 

 from Tort Kent, according to a etutcmont compiled by C. P. Allen, Esq., as follows: 81,743 

 kegnof nuilfl; 467, 18.0.6 tons rolled iron; 200, 8. 1 .2 l)loom.«. From Port l>o«gla8 during 

 •amc pericKl, by exhibit, 18,y23 kegs nails; .",600,000 lbs. aggregate uf Iron. (Mr. J. Wal- 

 polo.) Iheso ports form the depots of the Au .^ablo valley. Frum Port Kendall, aUo, in th« 

 town ('f Chc'torfield, there was cx|)ortrd the same period, 189, 5.O.20 tons iron. (L. Iligby.) 



A henry excess of iron after the daily marufucturo of 250 kegd of nails, is made by th« 

 Messrs. Kingsland into rolled iron of various sizes. The other works upon the Au Sable, i| 

 wiU a[>pcar from tho above returns, also produce a largo amount of rolled ir:in. 



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