Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Refined alloy steel in the electric furnace, ready for casting into ingots. The slag layer on top of the molten steel prevents the hot steel from oxidizing, thereby preserving its high quality. Steel will be drawn off through the spout at the left into ladles in the pit. This is an operation that has rarely been photographed
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Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
Location
Brackenridge, 40.60812, -79.74116
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain