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Object number2014.90.1

Date1956

MediumWood/Paint/Brass/Rubber/Metal

Credit LineGift of Horsehead Corporation

DescriptionModel of the Weaton-Najarian Zinc Condenser. Painted wood model mounted on rectangular wood base. Brass plate mounted by four screws on wood riser on left side of base with inscribed dedication text. Underside has feet, one in each corner, but the back left foot is missing its rubber cover. Screws are visible on underside where model is attached to base. Handwritten text on underside.Dimensions14.813 x 22.5 x 13.625 in. (37.6 x 57.2 x 34.6 cm)
InscriptionsBrass plate with inscribed text "THE FIRST / WEATON-NAJARIAN ZINC CONDENSER / INITIALLY DEVELOPED IN 1933 / PRESENTED TO / "THE OLD MAN," MR. GEORGE F. WEATON / AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEN AND RECOGNITION / OF A JOB WELL DONE / PRESENTED BY / THE TEN YEAR CLUB / OF THE ZINC SMELTING DIVISION / OF THE ST. JOSEPH LEAD CO. / MAY 1956". Handwritten text on underside "ST. JOZEPH. LEAD / 8093".
Historical NotesThe St. Joseph Lead Company began in 1864 in New York State as a lead mining operation. For the first 50 years or so, the company mined lead in the Missouri area. They expanded to zinc in the early 1900,s and it was after this time that they built a smelter in Josephtown, Monaca, Pennsylvania that would produce zinc oxide and later zinc metal. The Weaton-Najarian Zinc Condenser model was presented to George Weaton in May of 1956 by the Ten Year Club of the Zinc Smelting Division of the St. Joseph Lead Company. The Condenser was originally developed around 1933 by Weaton and a colleague Najarian who worked for St. Joseph's in their Pennsylvania facility. The Condenser performed the electrothermoreduction of zinc. The Horsehead Corporation (donor), formerly the New Jersey Zinc Company, is an American producer of zinc and related material based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Previous owner George F. Weaton

Related person H. I. Najarian

Related institution St. Joseph Lead Company

Related institution Horsehead Corporation

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