The Eclipse Corliss Engine Group
Classic Engineering Warren Mfg. Co., Warrenville, S.C.
Digital Collection Modern
Cotton Mill Engineering
Contributing
Institution Richland
County Public Library
Identifier Cotton029
Bibliographic Citation W.B. Whaley and Company. Modern Cotton Mill
Engineering. Columbia, S.C.: State Company, 1903. Print.
Transcription WARREN
MFG. CO., WARRENVILLE, S. C. Capital, $500,000; Spindles, 33,000; Looms, 900.
President, E. F. Verdery. In IHIS mill is located in South Carolina, at the
junction corporated 1896, THIS nljn js located in South Carolina, at the
junction of the- old Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and the South
Carolina and Georgia Railroad, about twelve miles from the cit) of ^^313, Ga.
It is situated between the tracks of these two railroads, on a beautiful clear
stream 0f water. The mill is 127 foot wide-. 264 feet lone. 24 bays of 1..
feet, 8 inches each, and is four 1 • 1 _ ^ i. -h t Mil. stories high, 1 7 leet
each. Con necting with this is the engine- room. pS l>\ 56, and the- boiler
room, 36 l>v 69. The boiler room is built ol sufficient size to accommodate
a battery ol boilers lor a second mill which tt is proposed to build in the
future. The power lor operating this mill is furnished l>v a 1,000 horse
power cross-corn pound condensing engine. The condenser is ol the- Spv ro-jet
type, and operates under a head ol 10 feet. The power is distributed to the
head shafting located in belt way through i'+ inch ropes ■ ■ > L-. WARRI x ■
[PAN> 1-1 11 ;« heated bv the Sturtevant system,
and is equipped throughout with air moist,-nine apparatus, and I Jit* 171111 1
II* »l L.11 I' '11 I'll tected from fire by
sprinkler and hydrant systems. Ihe sprinklers are supplied bv a to.ooo-gallon
tank ,. , ,. lT1, ,.,,,,.rs The machine shop and lighting generators are driven
from a jack shall located jn ocateel "1 " " • 1 • 1 • 1 1 -n nt
of engine room. This shaft is driven from the mam engine when the mill is m
operation, and another times bv a small high speed engine driving through
friction clutch. This mill commenced operations in the summer ol 1898, and has
been successfullj run ever since. List of Machinery I fsed. ,,,., ,. 11.
Corliss Boilers and Engine. Knowles Fire Pump. Knowles Spyro-jel Condenser.
Sturtevant Heating. [ones & Laughlin's Shafting. "\ T. Atherton
Lappers. Pettee Cards and Drawing, with Metallic Rolls on Drawing. VVoonsocket
Roving. Fales & fenks Spinning. Easton & Burnham Spoolers. I traper
Warpers. Cohoes Slashers. I traper Rooms. Curtis & Marbh' Cloth Room
Machine.
