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Bessemer steel manufacture / A.R. Waud.

Bessemer steel manufacture / A.R. Waud.

Six illustrations of operations in a steel mill. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 March 25, p. 252.

Board walk west from Steel Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.

Board walk west from Steel Pier, Atlantic City, N.J.

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A portion of the steel passenger department, Berwick, PA.

A portion of the steel passenger department, Berwick, PA.

Photograph shows group portrait of railroad employees posed on and in front of N.Y.C. & H. R.R. New York Central Lines railroad car. Published by the Sterling Store.

The [Upper] Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara

The [Upper] Steel Arch Bridge, Niagara

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Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, arch-foe of the New Deal and Chairman of the National Steel Corporation, suggested before the National Monopoly Committee that it was 'easier for a company our size to operate and make a profit than a company with the size and ramifications of the U.S. Steel Corporation.' A.F. Feller, Counsel for the Committee and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, termed this statement by Weir the important yet made before the committee

Before Monopoly Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 11. Ernest T. Weir, ...

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Steel ingots, Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

Steel ingots, Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania

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Witnesses before monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. These top-ranking steel business leaders seemed bored as they answered questions of the Monopoly Committee today. Left to right: Elton Hoyt, 11, Pickands, Mather Co., Crispin Oglebay, Oglebay, Norton & Co., Emmett Butler, Butler Bros., St. Paul, Minn., Patrick Butler, Butler Bros., St. Paul, Minn., E.B. Greene, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Ore Co., George M. Humphrey, M.A. Hanna Co.

Witnesses before monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3. These t...

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Steel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Steel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Cleaning and repairing ladle, showing method of lining, Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cleaning and repairing ladle, showing method of lining, Steel Works, P...

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Steel ocean-going tug, New York Harbor, most powerful of its kind in U.S.A.

Steel ocean-going tug, New York Harbor, most powerful of its kind in U...

Photograph shows a tugboat at anchor in New York Harbor, New York.

Labor Day Parade [strikers against U.S. Steel and other marchers, New York]

Labor Day Parade [strikers against U.S. Steel and other marchers, New ...

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48-inch universal plate mill, Homestead Steel Wks. [Works], Homestead, Pennsylvania

48-inch universal plate mill, Homestead Steel Wks. [Works], Homestead,...

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Steel strikers at the "Bloody Corner of McKees Rocks"

Steel strikers at the "Bloody Corner of McKees Rocks"

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Bureau of Standards, steel testing machine. 2,300,000 [...] capacity

Bureau of Standards, steel testing machine. 2,300,000 [...] capacity

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Ore unloading, American Steel & Wire Co. [Company] plant, Cleveland, O[hio]

Ore unloading, American Steel & Wire Co. [Company] plant, Cleveland, O...

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Posli︠e︡dovatelʹnyĭ khod vydi︠e︡lki klinkov, nozhen i izgotovlenīe svarochnago bulata na Zlatoustovskom zavodi︠e︡. Obrazt︠s︡y soldatskikh shashek

Posli︠e︡dovatelʹnyĭ khod vydi︠e︡lki klinkov, nozhen i izgotovlenīe sva...

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Posli︠e︡dovatelʹnyĭ khod vydi︠e︡lki klinkov, nozhen i izgotovlenīe svarochnago bulata na Zlatoustovskom zavodi︠e︡. Obrazt︠s︡y soldatskikh shashek

Posli︠e︡dovatelʹnyĭ khod vydi︠e︡lki klinkov, nozhen i izgotovlenīe sva...

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MADISON, DOLLY. STEEL ENGRAVING OF PORTRAIT BY JOSEPH WARD

MADISON, DOLLY. STEEL ENGRAVING OF PORTRAIT BY JOSEPH WARD

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Bureau of Engraving & Printing. Twelve-ton steel door to vault containing distinctive paper on which U.S. and national bank notes and U.S. bonds are printed, [1914]

Bureau of Engraving & Printing. Twelve-ton steel door to vault contain...

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MAHON, LEONARD D. WITH STEEL HELMET HE INVENTED THAT COULD BE USED AS SHOVEL. THE HELMET

MAHON, LEONARD D. WITH STEEL HELMET HE INVENTED THAT COULD BE USED AS ...

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Steel spar skidder with swinging loading broom

Steel spar skidder with swinging loading broom

Large steam crane moving logs in the Cascade mountains near seattle, Washington. J227752 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by Darius Kinsey. No. 12 L-B. This record contains unverified, old data from capt... More

[Dr. Hugh Eckener, builder and Commander of the Z. R-3 giving his official report to Dr. Chas. D. Walcott, chmn. of the Nat'l Advisory Comm. on Aeronautics, upon his arrival in Wash., Oct. 16th. L. to r.: Dr. Walcott, Capt. Eckener, and Capt. George W. Steel]

[Dr. Hugh Eckener, builder and Commander of the Z. R-3 giving his offi...

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Lennox Furnace Co. Riveting a steel furnace

Lennox Furnace Co. Riveting a steel furnace

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Steel mill, Massillon, Ohio. Corrugating metal sheets

Steel mill, Massillon, Ohio. Corrugating metal sheets

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American Photoengravers Association convention. American Steel & Copper Plate Co. exhibit I

American Photoengravers Association convention. American Steel & Coppe...

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Steel mill, Massillon, Ohio. Magnetic crane

Steel mill, Massillon, Ohio. Magnetic crane

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Scottdale Iron & Steel Works, Uptegraff Drive, Scottdale, Westmoreland County, PA

Scottdale Iron & Steel Works, Uptegraff Drive, Scottdale, Westmoreland...

Significance: One of the earliest steel and iron works in Westmoreland County, the company produced iron and steel sheets and became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel in the early 20th century. Reborn as an electrica... More

Bending steel girders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. Officials of the steel industry and the U.S. Bureau of Standards inspect one of the large riveted steel frame knees that were placed thru the test [...] U.S. Bureau today. This frame designed to withstand 68,000 lbs carried a maximum load of 168,000 lbs before it showed signs of weakening. Photo shows left to right inspecting the beam after the test: Dr. A.H. Starng of the Bureau of Standards, Everett Chapman, President of the Lukeneeld Inc. of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and F.H. Frankland, Chief Engineer of the American Institute of Steel Construction, New York City, N.Y., 9/23/37

Bending steel girders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. Officials of the st...

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Labor Secretary . Washington, D.C. June 17. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins announcing to newspaper men today the appointment of a three man board to mediate all current steel disputes. Charles P. Taft was named Chairman of the Board with Lloyd R. Garrison and assisitant Secretary of labor Edward F. McGrady as the other members. 6/17/37

Labor Secretary . Washington, D.C. June 17. Secretary of Labor Frances...

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Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

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Steel plant. Clairton, Pennsylvania

Steel plant. Clairton, Pennsylvania

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Change of shift at the steel plant. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Change of shift at the steel plant. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

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Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

Steel worker. Midland, Pennsylvania

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A black and white photo of two men on a ladder, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of two men on a ladder, Great Depression. FSA/...

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Rumored peace conference of Pennsylvania democratic factions fails to materialize. Washington, D.C., May 24. The reported peace conference between Pennsylvania's warring democratic factions scheduled for today turned out to be a meeting of John L. Lewis and CIO leaders with their defeated candidate Thomas A. Kennedy. While no statement was given out, it was reported that the discussion centered on future strategy of the democratic labor bloc which swung more than a million votes in the primary. Left to right Philip Murray, chairman of the C.I.O. steel organizing committee, John L. Lewis and thomas Kennedy, 5/24/38

Rumored peace conference of Pennsylvania democratic factions fails to ...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Shine your sheets, mister! This machine is used to polish the surface of stainless, to make it smooth and bright and clean. This is just one of the many units of special equipment required for the production of high quality steel for our defense needs

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Shine your sheets, mister! This m...

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Backyards in the steel town of Midland, Pennsylvania

Backyards in the steel town of Midland, Pennsylvania

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Here is a row of charging boxes loaded with limestone, the main ingrediant in the production of quality steel. These boxes will shortly dump their loads into open hearth furnaces

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Here is a row of charging boxes l...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Scene in west Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Stacks of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation in background

Scene in west Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. Stacks of the Jones and Laughli...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Back into production go these carloads of scrap metal. The melting of alloy steels for defense work requires that steel mill scrapyards such as this be constantly filled. The overhead magnet deposits the scrap in a loader which carries it to the open hearth furnace. About fifty percent of scrap steel is used in open hearth production

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Back into production go these car...

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Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. A heated ingot of steel is removed from the soaking pit. In this pit ingots are thoroughly heated to the extremely high temperature required for conversion into slabs, billets or sheet bars for further conversion

Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenri...

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"Peace be unto you" sign at steel plant. Birmingham, Alabama

"Peace be unto you" sign at steel plant. Birmingham, Alabama

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J. R. Stuart, Head, Warehouse Section, Iron and Steel Branch, War Production Board

J. R. Stuart, Head, Warehouse Section, Iron and Steel Branch, War Prod...

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Tank manufacture (Chrysler). This is a radial drill with index fixtures, for drilling and tapping holes in the drive housing for the Chrysler medium tank, the M-3. These twenty-eight ton steel monsters are being turned out in quantity by 10,000 workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal in Detroit

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). This is a radial drill with index fixture...

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Scrap from areas near the steel mill is delivered by motor truck. The melting of alloy steel for defense production necessitates constant delivery of scrap iron and steel to the mills. The overhead magnet will deposit the steel in a loader, which then carries it to an open hearth or electric furnace. In the neighborhood of forty percent of all steel produced comes from scrap metal

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Scrap from areas near the steel m...

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Benjamin Fairliss U.S. Steel - Public domain portrait photograph

Benjamin Fairliss U.S. Steel - Public domain portrait photograph

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A black and white photo of an old farm house. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of an old farm house. Ohio during Great Depres...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Pressed & Welded Steel Products Co., 38-61 11th St., Long Island City. General view

Pressed & Welded Steel Products Co., 38-61 11th St., Long Island City....

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A black and white photo of an old house. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of an old house. Ohio during Great Depression.

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of some old buildings. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of some old buildings. Ohio during Great Depre...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Roswell H. Whitman, Price Executive, Steel, Iron and Steel Products Section, Office of Price Administration

Roswell H. Whitman, Price Executive, Steel, Iron and Steel Products Se...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Back in 1870, it took 7 years to compile statistics from the facts taken by census takers, but in the next 10 years, Herman Hollerith invented a 'unit tabulator,' shown on left of photo being operated by Operator Ann Oliver. This machine is fed cards containing census information at the rate of 400 a minute and from these, 12 separate bits of statistical information is extracted. Not so long ago, Eugene M. La Boiteaux, Census Bureau inventor, turned out a smaller, more compact machine, which extracts 58 statistics from 150 cards per minute. This machine is shown on the right and is being operated by Virginia Balinger, Assistant Supervisor of the current Inquiry Section. With the aid of this machine, statistical information from the 1940 census is expected to be compiled in 2 1/2 years. The secret of the machine lies in the cards. The written information taken by census takers is brought in and the data translated into code numbers which are punched on the card, and the legible data is locked up in vaults away from prying eyes. Cards are fed into the machine, sensitive steel fingers feel out the punches, set up electrical impulses, and in no time at all, the card has set down on the large sheet just what statistic from each individual goes in what place

New machine to speed up statistics of census of 1940. Washington, D.C....

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Schoolchildren in the steel town of Midland, Pennsylvania

Schoolchildren in the steel town of Midland, Pennsylvania

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This slab of stainless steel is being rolled by a three-high 100 inch plate mill to bring it to the proper length, finish, thickness and width. It will eventually be used as tank armor

Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. This slab of stainless steel is b...

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Italian steel worker at Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, Pennsylvania

Italian steel worker at Pittsburgh Crucible Steel Company in Midland, ...

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Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Setting up forms and steel rod reinforcing for one of the poured concrete buildings at the Denver ordnance plant which will produce small arms ammunition. Other buildings are of steel girder and brick construction

Plant construction. Denver ordnance plant, Denver, Colorado. Setting u...

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Steel production. Iron for the sinews of war. Huge ore piles feed the hungry maws of the blast furnaces. From the iron here produced will be made the various steels required by our armed forces. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania

Steel production. Iron for the sinews of war. Huge ore piles feed the ...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever before in shipbuilding, saving time, weight and steel. This work is done at a nearby plant which formerly turned out freight cars. This worker is welding top plates to angle frames for a merchant ship under construction at a large Eastern yard. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flatcars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever bef...

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Lifting reinforcing steel to be used in construction of Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California

Lifting reinforcing steel to be used in construction of Shasta Dam. Sh...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Wooden templates are used as patterns for the laying out of a number of steel plates. This worker is carrying the templates for a gun foundation from the mold loft to the plate working section. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Wooden templates are used as patterns f...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...

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Indian troops in East Africa. These photos show the large-scale production of Indian iron and steel by the well-known Indian firm of Tatas at work in the sheet mill. Like Tuaregs, the veiled men of the Sahara, they muffle their faces as much as they can and for the same reason the Tuaregs did, to shield their faces from the fierce heat of the desert sand blazing in the sunshine and the men of the sheet mill to protect themselves from the savage heat given off by the sheets of red hot metal which litter the floor of the mill

Indian troops in East Africa. These photos show the large-scale produc...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn out automobiles are stripped of usable parts. Non-ferrous materials are burned out and the steel chassis and bodies are sent on to scrap iron and steel dealers. Such yards as these supply tons of scrap iron, steel and rubber yearly which is now being used to alleviate shortages in

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Auto "graveyards" where old worn o...

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Steel production. Steel production in war time. A ladle of molten iron from a blast furncace is poured into an open hearth furnace for conversion into steel. Note the safety latch on the crane hook. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Steel production in war time. A ladle of molten iron...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This worker is watching for signals from a colleague as he rolls cold steel plate to a desired shape on this plate roller, designed in Germany. All parts are prefabricated in this Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are carried to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. This worker is watching for signals fro...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Baltimore, Maryland. Scrapped oars are collected in such yards in every state. Usable parts are stripped from the chassis and the remainder of the car is sent to scrap iron dealers for processing and shipment to steel mills

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. An automobile graveyard outside Ba...

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Pittsburgh Mercantile Company. Company store, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Mercantile Company. Company store, Jones and Laughlin Steel...

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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Steel plates of wasteless dimensions stacked ready for laying out, one of the first operations on the production line of multiply cargo ship construction. All parts are prefabricated in this huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Steel plates of wasteless dimensions st...

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Steel production. Hot coffee for steel workers. A waitress serves employees of a big Eastern plant in the company restaurant. Republic, Youngstown

Steel production. Hot coffee for steel workers. A waitress serves empl...

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Jones Laughlin steel company. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jones Laughlin steel company. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Indian troops in East Africa. These photos show the large-scale production of Indian iron and steel by the well-known Indian firm of Tatas. The hardest work in the raking of steel is done in the hot mills and the men must match the work. Here is a steel worker from the Punjab. He is standing over the cool air jet. When actually working he wears the end of his turban like a visor over his face to shield him from the savage heat

Indian troops in East Africa. These photos show the large-scale produc...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Carnegie-Illinois steel company. Etna, Pennsylvania

Carnegie-Illinois steel company. Etna, Pennsylvania

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A black and white photo of a construction site. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a construction site. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Bulldozer handling gravel for concrete during the construction of a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Bulldozer handling gravel for ...

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A poster comes to life. "Never got so close to one of these babies before" says George Woolslayer (right) giving an army jeep the once-over. At the post where Sergeant French L. Vineyard (center) is stationed, Woolslayer learned a great many things about army operations. Aviation-radio Chief John Marshall Evans (left) got a few pointers himself during this tour of the camp which was arranged after the servicemen had visited Woolslayer's steel mill. The three colleagues of the "Men Working Together" poster found that they actually must "work together" for the successful waging of the war. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "Never got so close to one of these babies bef...

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Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as a big automobile plant is entirely changed over to volume production of army tanks and "jeeps." Ford Lincoln plant, Michigan

Converting to war production. Steel workers make structural changes as...

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A poster comes to life. Squinting against the terrific glare and bursts of steam charging up from a strip of red-hot steel which moves slowly past them, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans pause with welder Woolslayer to watch precious river, which comes off the blooming mill and rolls toward the four-high strip mill at Allegheny-Ludlum. They're learning a lot, these servicemen of the "Men Working Together" poster, learning how their lives depend on the production workers of the country, without whose skill and strength the weapons of war could not be forged. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Squinting against the terrific glare and burst...

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Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Speed in metallurgical analysis, to match the rapidity with which the nation arms itself, is possible through use of the spectrograph, a marvelous new machine used for study of materials through measurements of the arc of light they emit when heated. The aluminum and magnesium industries, steel companies and foundries use it for quick study of metals. Mines use it for exploration. The spectrograph will yield an analysis of seven elements in fifteen minutes determination, which would require up to four hours by old chemical methods. Three students in defense training courses at a famous mining-engineering school listen as an instructor shows them how the machine operates. Golden, Colorado

Science and research. Mineral prospecting. Speed in metallurgical anal...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Excavating and constructing open hearth furnaces for a new steel mill

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Excavating and constructing op...

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Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

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Posters displayed on this large, well-lighted bulletin board drive home the urgency of more and better production to employees of the Columbia Steel Company, Provo, Utah. Some of the posters were supplied by war production drive headquarters, some by the local labor-management committee

Posters displayed on this large, well-lighted bulletin board drive hom...

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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Two Negro welders, representative of the workers of many racial groups which helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, prepare to cut the steel plates which released the SS Booker T. Washington down the ways at its launching on September 29, 1942, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's Wilmington yards

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Two Negro welder...

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Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel tire to the wagon wheel assembly in the plant of a Southern wagon company which is experiencing a business boom because of the rubber shortage

Production. Wagon wheels. Revival of a dying art. Fitting the steel ti...

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Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. "Spanking," or forming the edge of a steel army helmet. This operation, performed on a medium-sized press in a converted auto radiator plant, is part of the process of making helmets from flat sheets of steel. McCool Radiator Company, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Auto radiators to army helmets. "Spanking," or forming th...

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Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan. Workers near coke oven

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

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Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to collect goods for the Victory Campaign, Boy Scouts of Troop 121 of the United Church of Van Nest, Bronx, New York are shown pushing in one of their collection items, an old Ford jalopy, into the Westchester Auto Wrecking Company yard at 1400 Blondell Avenue in the Bronx. Shown in the photo pushing the car are Scouts of Troop #121 while Edward G. Bellmaire, Scoutmaster, David Lanoff of the wrecking company, and Frank O. March, Vice Chairman of the Bronx Salvage Campaign Committee look on

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. As part of their campaign to colle...

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Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the cast house of the blast furnace

Columbia Steel Company at Ironton, Utah. Tapping a heat of iron in the...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Drag lines are working day and night excavating for the building of open hearth furnaces for a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Drag lines are working day and...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Cement plant which furnishes building material for a new steel mill under construction

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Cement plant which furnishes b...

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A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard gets a first-hand introduction to steel in the making and finds it a fascinating experience. With Woolslayer, he's watching the fierce while lights and flickering shadows of an electric furnace in one of Allegheny-Ludlum's plants

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard gets a first-hand introducti...

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Production. Locomotives. Heavy steel plates are bent on the Southwark bending roll of a large Eastern plant now producing tanks, locomotives, and ship propellers for our armed forces. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Locomotives. Heavy steel plates are bent on the Southwark ...

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Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan. Giant crane for transporting ore and coal

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

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A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard knows a lot about howitzers and anti-aircraft guns but he'd never seen a machine like this giant trip-hammer until he visited an Allegheny-Ludlum steel mill. A skilled worker at the mill explains the shaping of steel for armaments to the Sergeant, whose appreciation for the fine art of steelmaking grows by the minute. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Sergeant Vineyard knows a lot about howitzers ...

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A poster comes to life. It takes a heap o' treatin' to make a ship's hull out of scrap metal. Soldier, welder and sailor watch this giant four-high machine at Allegheny-Ludlum which rolls bloomed ingots into sheet steel. Thanks to welder George Woolslayer's explanations of the steel-making process, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans are getting a liberal education in the fine art of production for war. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh

A poster comes to life. It takes a heap o' treatin' to make a ship's h...

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A poster comes to life. "Up until my visit here I thought it was just the Army that was fighting this war." Speaking before the assembled steel workers at Allegheny-Ludlum, Sergeant Vineyard acknowledges the debt of the armed forces to the men "behind the men behind the guns." This meeting was arranged by the plant to welcome its guests and to give expression to the truth behind the "Men Working Together" poster

A poster comes to life. "Up until my visit here I thought it was just ...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Partly finished open hearth furnaces and stacks for a steel mill under construction which will soon be producing vitally needed steel

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Partly finished open hearth fu...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Bulldozer operator who helps in the construction of a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Bulldozer operator who helps i...

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Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan. Cranes mounted on railroad track and blast furnaces

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

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Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest automobile plant

Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor worki...

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Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Draglines are working day and night excavating for the building of open hearth furnaces for a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Draglines are working day and ...

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