This section is from the book "The Wonder Book Of Knowledge", by Henry Chase. Also available from Amazon: Wonder Book of Knowledge.
No. 1 casting machine has a capacity of 1,000 tons per day. There are 180 molds, each pig weighing about 125 pounds.
No. 2 machine has a capacity of 1,800 tons per day. It has 278 molds, each for 125-pound pig. Product, low phosphorus, Bessemer and basic, or high phosphorus machine-cast pig iron.
 
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