Vulcan Crucible Steel Company, 100 First Street, Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA

Significance: The Vulcan Crucible Steel Company was one of a number of American companies chosen to process uranium for use in the development of atomic weapons. In 1948-49 the company rolled uranium billets into rods for use in nuclear breeder reactors. This work was part of a nationwide fabricating effort immediately after World War II to create atomic weapons as part of President Harry Truman's 1947 Cold War policy of military supremacy over Russia.
Survey number: HAER PA-278
Building/structure dates: ca. 1901- ca. 1920 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1978 Subsequent Work