Aerial view of the Alcoa Aluminum Research Laboratories

1955/1965

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Aerial view of the Alcoa Aluminum Research Laboratories

Title
Aerial view of the Alcoa Aluminum Research Laboratories
Identifier
MSP285.B032.F23.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B032.F23.I01
Description
The Aluminum Company of America’s (Alcoa) Aluminum Research Laboratories in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, contained scientific research equipment, including the Templin precision metal-working machine, used for testing specimens. It is the most powerful machine of its kind in the world and can exert a force up to 3,000,000 lbs. in compression and 1,000,000 lbs. in tension at speeds up to 36 inches a minute. In 2004 Alcoa had three areas of operations in Western Pennsylvania including Alcoa Center, the six-story aluminum and glass structure on Pittsburgh's North Shore, a packaging plant in Grove City, Pennsylvania, and a technical center in downtown Pittsburgh.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Aluminum Company of America (New Kensington, Pa.).Aluminum Research Laboratories.
Aerial views--Pennsylvania--New Kensington.
Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--New Kensington.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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