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BKtSr DSSCRTPT10TI OP ''LZCTROITnC TOTT! LKAD PLART OT m AWACOWTiA: l ;a d PR0DPCT3 COMPACT The plant was constructed In 1919 aa the flrat commercial application of a nee slsotrolytlo process for the manufacture of wuito-fcefci dtvsiloptia oa*e laboratory scale by Kiaar A. Sparry at Brooklyn, nan fork. further dsTsloposo t In a 1-ton pilot unit aaa carried on at mat Chicago preceding the construction of tha Comoro 1*1 unit. Aa originally constructed, tha; plant bad an annual oapaelty of 3,800 tons. This has gradually beam lncraaaad to 10,000 tons. Tha plant la loeatad at 151st 3tract and McCook Avenue, mat Chicago, Indiana, and occupies an area of six aoras, forming part of tha thirty-two acre area occraplad Jointly vlth tha plants of tha International Lead Refining Cnwpany and tha Anaoonda zinc oxide Bepartaent. The buildings shoes In green on tbs attached nap are the; property of tha Anaoonda Lead Products Company. Transportation yaoliltla* Tha Indiana Harbor Balt Railroad, tha Baltimore and Ohio Chioagc Terminal and tha Pennsylvania Railroad eater tha plant yard sad furnish transportation feel11 ties. la addition to tha single track serving tha Whit# lead plant, four storage tracks having a capacity of 9S cars era provided for the three plants. A* aeln track entering tha storage yard passes over a 100 tea Tnlrbanka track seals. A narroe gangs track extends south from tha call room and conns ota el til tha narrow gangs syatma of fee International Lead N11537 PNYC00009702 -3- Refining Ca^anr. Otter transportation within the plant and- Chicago arpa la handled hr truck. Bulldlnga The main call noon and filter building, tte dryer building, sub-station and ertanslon of tha hollar house arc of brick and staal eonctraetlcs. Tii* pulveS.k*s- building la of staal and corrugated Iron. The original holler house, warehouse, carpenter shop and extensions to tte call rooa building are of wood and corrugated Iron. Call Boon 'She ifclta Lead la produced In 48 calls, HO additional calls hats been added, hut increased capacltr has heen obtained hr lnersased ourrent doialty. The cells are oonatruoted of ooncrsta, lined with asphalt, with hard rubbsr fittings, and are oo masted in aeries hr copper bus bars. Saeh osll contains 17 steel cathodes, each encased In a linen diaphragm, and 18 land anodes. Three 3-ton alaotrlo sccorail hoists dellwer anode* fro* narrov gangs rack ears to tha calls, and reMOta scrap. Ld anodaa end scrap, loaded on rack ears, ere transported hr a gaaollna loooaotlwe ower tha narroc gangs eystesi hateaan tha sail raw and tha plant of tha International Laad Refining Caspar. solatia* ays tan r Tha eelhode and anoda In tha electrolytic cell era separated hr the diaphragm surrounding tha cathode. Saparate alaetrolytea drculata about tha ealhoda and anoda and saeh alaotrolyta paeaaa -3 through an Independent circulating system. The oatholyte discharged fra* the 9*11 paaaaa through a carbonating eyatsm which consists of a eoke-burnlng boiler, gaa Una a, gaa acrubbar, and fan dallwerlng the carbon dioxide gaa to two wartleal a teal absorption towara with porcelain filling, through which the eatholyte descends countercurrently to the flow of gaa, and la returned to the call. A reinforced concrete Dorr thickener, 28 ft. In dineter 10 ft. high, aephalt lined with lead cowerad steel mechanism, receives anolyte oarrying the white lead In suspension from ths calls. Ota clear anolyte owwr-flow from the thickener la returned to the cell. Pumping Dculpaent and 3aapa ' The east Iron oeatrlfugal pumps dellwer ths call oatholyte discharge from concrete ramp* to the carbonating towara, and two . similar pia^s dellwer the carbonated eetholyte to an owerhead tank, from which it returns by grawlty to the cathode frame, tta flow of oatholyte la handled in Iron piping. Teo bronae centrifugal pumps dellwer toe anolyte and responded white lead from teo oonerata sumpa to toe Dore thlcksner. Ihe clear ower-flow from the thickener flows to a concrete sump from whleh it la returned by tan similar pop* to the telle. Briber lined wooden launders, brass pipe sad hard rubber pipe end rubber hose are used in the anolyte eystem. The call room basement 1* water-proofed, and auuipped with sump* and ptaeps for reelaiming eolation drippage. 9 anode slime esotery ayntem lncludaa wash tanka, pttopa and settling tanka. PNtCOOOOSIO* -4 Miter A diaphre^ pump transfer* the thickened pulp from the Eorr thickener to palp storage tank from which it floes hr gravity to the Moore filter, Hie Uoore filter equipment oonslsts of seven rectangular concrete tanka, ten 4-ton ncno-rall hoists, three filter baskets, tee vacuum pumps, fire filtrate pumps and receivers, and three wooden filtrate tanka. Rubber vacuum hoes and braaa pipe are necessary in the portion of the syataa handling anolyta; the reanlndar of ihe equipment, Including receivers, is of Iron. With, this equipment thw white lead is washed eounter-currwntly, ihe enriched so Intione retained to the aeln anolyta system end the washed white lead discharged to a avail woodsc storage bln. Intermediate storage of washed pulp bstwsM the filter and dryar is provided by a rectangular wooden pulp storage bln. Iha washed palp is pooped from these storage bine to tbs dryer building. 2ns* The drying aqulpmcnt of thw original plant consisted of one tunnel dryer 200 ft. in length, in which the white lead wee dried cm trays carried am rack ears, in 1021 thw length of thw tutol wna lnsrsaesd to 280 ft. and a second tunnel of equal length ii era lime'ted. Ale equipment wee replaced In 192V and dismantled in 19X8. it the present time, the washed white lead palp, pimped from the storagm bins. Is delivered in the dryer building to n 4 ft. x S ft. Oliver filter for dewatering, the filter is equipped wlto a oompraeslom belt attachment, ihe filter cake la conveyed by bait oonvwyore to a swinging conveyor discharging the material across the PNYC0C0097C5 5- width of the dryer totrtt. The dryer l a 1* ft. x 80 ft. Lowdmi Dryer with it**a ho*tod hearth plates of out aluainou an] bronaa wlro rabbles. A ventilating /taw. Including a ruction fan and hood covering tha hearth area of tha dryer, la naed to remove aatar t o par. The notarial la dried oa It la oomvayad owar tha haarth surface by tha rabbla mechanism. It la discharged from tha Xowdan .tryer for additional drying op on a ataam basted drag conveyor 84 ft. In lasgth, tha dlaoharga of which la elevated to a atoxaga bln In tha pulverizer building, pnlwarlaar - ' Tha whlta load fron tha atoraga bln la pulverized In a Bsymond Hollar Mill with air aaparatlon system, which delivers tha alr-floatad and drlad product from a eyalona oolleetor through a paekar Into aoodaa harrals for ahlpaant. Tha air aapply to tbo air elrcula tlon system of tha Raymond Mill la haatad by a BeCann-Herrlaon haatar, and tha ozeaaa air la withdrawn through a Draeoo filter. Tha pnlmrlzor building la aonlppad with a Talrbanlcs platform aoala and a Toledo platform scale for walking the barrallod produot. k aat of rolls la Installed for tha prodnejtlCB of special, products. The barrelled prodnat la dsllwsrad directly Into cars from loading platform extending tha length of the . bonding* *S*gt k frame and aorru^ted Iron warehouse, hawing m floor arwm of 2,500 sq. ft., adjaeent to tha pulwariaar building mk suited by the same treoh, la naad for mrrent a to ok of barrelled prodnat and for empty bairela. . coooo"01' pH'* -6 Sab-Station . All power used by th thrss plants oocopying tbs arss Is purofcaaad from tbs northern Indians Public Sarrleo Ccaqjany, and sntsrs tbs Anaconda Lssd products Company Sub-station at 11,000 volts. All Incoming power Is transformed from 11,000 volts to 2,200 volts bsfor* distribution. A portion Is further transforasd for equipment requiring lower voltages. Sts sub-station oontains awltcbboard equipment for gsnsral distribution of poser, a 3,400 sabers, 240 volt aotor gsnsrator sat controlled by automatic switchboard equipment, for supplying dlrsot currant to tbs csll room, and s 88 K.tr. 280 volt motor gsnsrator sat for furnishing dlrsot current for hoists. Sts automatic switchboard equipment was installed In 1B29. Air for ooollng generators and transformers is drawn from the outside through n spray washer end cooler. Boiler Hooaa '. Sts steam boiler equipment of the original plant oonaisted *=* of two 40 H.P. and ons 38 H.P. locomotive-type boilers. A 180 H.P. bo liar of similar type was added in 1981. A 888 H.P. Stirling boiler, equipped with antcamtla staker, was installed In lSM.rsplnelng the loccnotlve type boiler squipmant, with tbs exseptlon of tbs 88 H.P. boils** tha looomstlvs typa aqultmast Is still lntast sod la avallablit far uaa Asa necessary. The hollar plaat la equipped with fead watiHr hastar, |ts|is sad auxiliary aqnlpmant. coal for tbs Stirling boiler Is dal1wired to an overhead bln by a bait elevator, this boiler plant furnishes steam fordryiag Alto lead, besting buildings, sad other tenoral purpose# aa required by tbs tbras plants. -7- The SB 8.P. loeonotiwe-type toller la fired with ooka, aid uaed aa a carton dlozlda gas producer for the carbonating ayatan. A Pexnntit water softener, which furnishes water for die toilers la the three plants, la Installed In a seal! building adjacent to the toller plant. Ihla building also contains a 280 g.p.a. Could Triplex pp, formerly used for dellTsrlng water fro* the olty supply to an elewated wooden storage tank. Inoreeae In olty water pressure has made this equipment uimeceaaary. Metered city water la used on the Moore filter and for all other purposes. Change House - A SO ft. x 40 ft. fr-- building, equipped with steel lockers, shower baths and toilet facilities, la uasd for a obange bouas. Shops - A 30 ft. x 40 ITt. frase and ooxrugetad Iron building, originally used as a gaaerwl shop, la now used ae a carpenter atop for the three plants. The equljxmt eonelate of a planer, table aew and band aaw. A --11 ftaa and ocrrugatad Iron building adjacent to the oell ma, la need aa a ahop for repair of oathode frames. Ihla building fbraaily touaed the anode atralghtilag preaa prior to the truaefar of tftla operation to the Refinery. The general offlee building, ntarerean and stops, aaalytloal end research laboratories end other1 ganszul serrlee dspertoeate lnaludlng fire proteotioa, owned by the Snteraatleaal Leed Refining Ocagieny, are need by the Ana--da Lend produet* Ccnpeny. 10 oo^ ,1C00 pNfC0C009T09