| Show KRUPPS GREAT ARMOR PLATE mammoth piece of steel shown at the dusseldorf exposition the exposition at dusseldorf germany last year was remarkable for its metallurgical display which was the most extensive ever collected for any exposition those of chicago and paris not excepted one of the most striking features of this metallurgical 6 leal collection was a great nickel nichel steel armor plate from the factories of fried krupp of essen it was forty three feet long eleven feet wide and eleven and eight tenths inches thick weighing tons or pounds this plate has a remarkably smooth surface and regular shape it was rolled from an ingot of steel weighing tons which was fourteen feet four inches long twelve feet five inches wide and forty inches thick in roll ing it the heat odthe of the casting pit was not utilized but the ingot was cooled after being taken from the pit and then heated to white heat in ill a reheat ing furnace before being rolled in III trimming it down with tile the circular saw it lost twenty four tons in weight the special car for transporting tho the plate from essen to dusseldorf was tile the same that was used to transport tho the forty centimeter krupp gun to the port of Sp espezzia ezzia italy and the for ty two centimeter gun to hamburg for shipment to the chicago worlds fair this armor plate the largest that has ever been rolled is not intended for use on any battleship aej and I 1 on account of its immense size cannot be so use used but was merely exhibited to illustrate the capacity plant now new york sun still j p |
