THE Albany Iron Works, near Troy, N. Y., have just completed an order in the manufacture of iron for the great Russian ship which is being built by Mr. Webb, of this city. The iron is rolled 65 feet long, 5 inches wide, and 7-8 thick.
This article was originally published with the title "New Inventions" in Scientific American 13, 27, 212 (March 1858)
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican03131858-212