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Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River, North of Fourth Street, West of Minsi Trail Bridge, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River...

Significance: Formed in 1857 as the Saconna Iron Company, this steel works along the Lehigh River was reorganized the following year as the Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company. Under the direction of Robert... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

Bear Spring Furance, Dover, Stewart County, TN

Bear Spring Furance, Dover, Stewart County, TN

Significance: This thirty-seven-foot limestone stack is a surviving example of the charcoal cold-blast furnaces which enabled Tennessee to rank fifth in the nation in iron production during the last quarter of ... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...

Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Braddock, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela...

Survey number: HAER PA-384-A Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941-... More

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road, West of Ensley-Pleasant Grove Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road...

Survey number: HAER AL-37-A Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eliza Furnace, North side of State Route 3045, 0.75 mile Northwest of State Route 3047, Vintondale, Cambria County, PA

Eliza Furnace, North side of State Route 3045, 0.75 mile Northwest of ...

Significance: The Eliza Furnace is one of the best preserved remnants of the early iron industry in the region. It is an early example of a "hot blast" iron furnace, retaining the original cast-iron heat excha... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

Blast furnaces from west bank of Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio

Blast furnaces from west bank of Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio

Title from jacket. "No. 13 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036996. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Molten metal from blast furnaces arrives at the open hearth foundry where it is placed in a 600 ton mixing furnace, which maintains a temperature of 2100 degrees fahrenheit. The mixing furnace acts as a sort of thermos bottle, or ore storage tank. A worker is shown here preparing an open hearth furnace for charging

Molten metal from blast furnaces arrives at the open hearth foundry wh...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River, North of Fourth Street, West of Minsi Trail Bridge, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River...

Significance: Formed in 1857 as the Saconna Iron Company, this steel works along the Lehigh River was reorganized the following year as the Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company. Under the direction of Robert... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State Route 837, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State ...

Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integrated steel producing ventures in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania. Constructed af... More

Buckhorn Iron Furnace, Buckhorn Hollow Road, Pedro, Lawrence County, OH

Buckhorn Iron Furnace, Buckhorn Hollow Road, Pedro, Lawrence County, O...

Significance: Constructed as a charcoal iron furnace, it is significant for its contribution to the early industry and settlement of Southern Ohio and the American frontier in the early 1800s. Survey number: H... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Braddock, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela...

Survey number: HAER PA-384-A Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941-... More

U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Braddock, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela...

Survey number: HAER PA-384-A Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1916 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941-... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2,...

Significance: No. 1 and No. 2 Blast Furnaces were blown-in in 1913. The two furnaces were nearly identical in design and capacity at the time of construction and shared a common cast house, an unusual arrangem... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2,...

Significance: No. 1 and No. 2 Blast Furnaces were blown-in in 1913. The two furnaces were nearly identical in design and capacity at the time of construction and shared a common cast house, an unusual arrangem... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

["F" and "G" blast furnaces - Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Bessemer, Pennsylvania]

["F" and "G" blast furnaces - Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Bessemer, Pen...

Copyright by Mrs. Wilbur F. Galbraith, 1952. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 1-4 Blowing Engine House, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 1-4 Blowing Engine House, Low...

Significance: The southern half of the Engine House remains largely unaltered from its 1870s appearance, although all machinery has been removed. Survey number: HAER PA-109-I Building/structure dates: 1891 In... More

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River, North of Fourth Street, West of Minsi Trail Bridge, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River...

Significance: Formed in 1857 as the Saconna Iron Company, this steel works along the Lehigh River was reorganized the following year as the Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company. Under the direction of Robert... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, L...

Significance: The original blowing engine house, erected about 1873, comprises the two southernmost bays of the current Blast Furnace Engine House. Importantly, the southern half of the Engine House remains la... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road, West of Ensley-Pleasant Grove Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road...

Survey number: HAER AL-37-A Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road, West of Ensley-Pleasant Grove Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road...

Survey number: HAER AL-37-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

Steel production. Driving hard for iron production. There's plenty of activity in the row of boiler house stacks, in the roaring blast furnaces and the steel trestle that serves them. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Driving hard for iron production. There's plenty of ...

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U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6 Blowing Engine House, L...

Significance: The original blowing engine house, erected about 1873, comprises the two southernmost bays of the current Blast Furnace Engine House. Importantly, the southern half of the Engine House remains la... More

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6, Lower Works, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Cambria Iron Company, Blast Furnaces No. 5 & 6, Lower Works, Johnstown...

Significance: The two furnaces were the largest in the area and nearly identical in size to the impressive Lucy No. 2 (1878) and Edgar Thomson "A" (1880), two of Andrew Carnegie's blast furnaces in Pittsburgh. ... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

Elizabeth Furnace, East side of State Route 4018 at State Route 4019, Bellwood, Blair County, PA

Elizabeth Furnace, East side of State Route 4018 at State Route 4019, ...

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Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2,...

Significance: No. 1 and No. 2 Blast Furnaces were blown-in in 1913. The two furnaces were nearly identical in design and capacity at the time of construction and shared a common cast house, an unusual arrangem... More

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road, West of Ensley-Pleasant Grove Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road...

Survey number: HAER AL-37-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngstown Works, Haselton Blast Furnaces, West of Center Street Viaduct, along Mahoning River, Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH

Republic Iron & Steel Company, Youngstown Works, Haselton Blast Furnac...

Significance: Soon after its founding in 1899, the Republic Iron and Steel Company acquired the existing Haselton blast furnace and subsequently built four blast furnaces. These blast furnaces produced pig ir... More

A poster comes to life. The roar of blast furnaces and the whistles of mill yard trains beat a rhythmic accompaniment to the words of Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans who spoke to a group of steelworkers at one of Allegheny-Ludlum's plants. At this informal gathering in the mill yard, the servicemen acknowledged their debt to the men at forge and furnace, men without whose work victory would be impossible

A poster comes to life. The roar of blast furnaces and the whistles of...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 76 through 94). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the na... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State Route 837, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State ...

Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integrated steel producing ventures in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania. Constructed af... More

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Blast Furnace "A", Along Lehigh River, North of Fourth Street, West of Minsi Trail Bridge, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA

Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Blast Furnace "A",...

Survey number: HAER PA-386-D Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Route 12, Snow Hill, Worcester County, MD

Nassawango Iron Furnace, Furnace Road, 1.2 miles west of Maryland Rout...

Significance: The Nassawango Iron Furnace is a significant industrial landmark because it survives as a rare representative of the transition from cold to hot blast in American ironmaking. While only remnants ... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 3, Donner ...

Significance: No. 3 Blast Furnace, also known as "Jane," was blown-in in 1948. This furnace was considerably larger than either Blast Furnace No. 1 or No. 2, with a hearth diameter of 28 feet, and 18 tuyeres. ... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Blast Furnace No. 1 & No. 2,...

Significance: No. 1 and No. 2 Blast Furnaces were blown-in in 1913. The two furnaces were nearly identical in design and capacity at the time of construction and shared a common cast house, an unusual arrangem... More

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road, West of Ensley-Pleasant Grove Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL

U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road...

Survey number: HAER AL-37-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Blast Furnace Plant, Along Monongahela Rive...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 55 through 158). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integ... More

Ore docks, blast furnaces & steel mills, South Chicago, Ill., International Harvester Co., Chicago, Ill.

Ore docks, blast furnaces & steel mills, South Chicago, Ill., Internat...

H98774 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. Two oval insets: one titled "Merchant Mill No. 2; the other titled "Labratory [sic] and Office." Copyright deposit; Geo.... More

General view of the blast furnaces (daily output 3500 tons), Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

General view of the blast furnaces (daily output 3500 tons), Steel Wor...

Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co. No. 13101. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. H-; Industry Steel 1907; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

Steel production. The steel industry poised for wartime demands. Huge ore piles await feeding to hungry blast furnaces. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. The steel industry poised for wartime demands. Huge ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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