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Oct 19, 2014, 7:34:54 PM10/19/14
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Catalyzing a Renaissance at Sparrows Point
Congressman,
Rep. Vargas loves my idea for saving the Salton Sea (in his district in CA) with sea water from the Pacific Ocean. My idea for the best use of Sparrows Point is a bit less grandiose, actually. Sparrow's Point needs a couple simple things to host a bubbling vat of industrial progress:
A 5 ton induction furnace for melting metals from lead to steel
A 1 ton induction furnace for basically the same purpose
Two or three rail cars that can haul and precisely pour a 5 ton crucible of molten metal
division into an assortment of leases of buildings and space.
What Sparrow's Point then is with those added amenities is basically an industrial park when molten metal is a utility, like city water. This would make it a very unique place, where one can start a foundry without a furnace of one's own. This should be very attractive to artisans, start-ups, and existing industrial companies with a clear but limited need for foundry capability. It should make Sparrows Point a very interesting place.
6 total tons of melt capability is a tiny fraction of what the site is capable of, but should be sufficient for seeding the thing. As 6 tons becomes inadequate, interest may arise in an industrial company that wants to run basically a foundry furnace service. Government involvement would be necessary to ensure no anti-competetiveness between the melter and the founders. In other words, it SHOULD be run, at least initially, as a public utility, perhaps by Md. universities. Such is the nature of seeding industry.
Sparrows Point remains a good place for this because of it's water freight capability, and it's almost limitless upside capability.
The current owner of Sparrows Point is using it as a scrap yard. That coordinates very well with a boutique foundry campus. Don't scap the on-site rails! Or the conveyors, if they work!
Rick Hohensee
rick_h...@email.com
http://presidentbyamendment.com
cc: Md. Congressional delegation, http://presidentbyamendment.com/issues/sparrow.html
Catalyzing a Renaissance at Sparrows Point
Congressman,
Rep. Vargas loves my idea for saving the Salton Sea (in his district in CA) with sea water from the Pacific Ocean. My idea for the best use of Sparrows Point is a bit less grandiose, actually. Sparrow's Point needs a couple simple things to host a bubbling vat of industrial progress:
A 5 ton induction furnace for melting metals from lead to steel
A 1 ton induction furnace for basically the same purpose
Two or three rail cars that can haul and precisely pour a 5 ton crucible of molten metal
division into an assortment of leases of buildings and space.
What Sparrow's Point then is with those added amenities is basically an industrial park when molten metal is a utility, like city water. This would make it a very unique place, where one can start a foundry without a furnace of one's own. This should be very attractive to artisans, start-ups, and existing industrial companies with a clear but limited need for foundry capability. It should make Sparrows Point a very interesting place.
6 total tons of melt capability is a tiny fraction of what the site is capable of, but should be sufficient for seeding the thing. As 6 tons becomes inadequate, interest may arise in an industrial company that wants to run basically a foundry furnace service. Government involvement would be necessary to ensure no anti-competetiveness between the melter and the founders. In other words, it SHOULD be run, at least initially, as a public utility, perhaps by Md. universities. Such is the nature of seeding industry.
Sparrows Point remains a good place for this because of it's water freight capability, and it's almost limitless upside capability.
The current owner of Sparrows Point is using it as a scrap yard. That coordinates very well with a boutique foundry campus. Don't scap the on-site rails! Or the conveyors, if they work!
Rick Hohensee
rick_h...@email.com
http://presidentbyamendment.com
cc: Md. Congressional delegation, http://presidentbyamendment.com/issues/sparrow.html
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