Pittsburgh Reduction Co. plant in East St. Louis, Illinois

1905

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Pittsburgh Reduction Co. plant in East St. Louis, Illinois
  • Title
  • Pittsburgh Reduction Co. plant in East St. Louis, Illinois
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh Reduction Co.
  • Date
  • 1905
  • Identifier
  • 20170210-hpichswp-0024
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP_282_B016_F009_I001
  • Description
  • An image of the Pittsburgh Reduction Co. plant in East St. Louis, Ill. This was the first alumina plant in the United States. Construction on the site began in 1902, with the first alumina produced in July 1903. The site was selected due to the coal and limestone available in the area as well as access to local rail lines.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Aluminum Company of America.
    East St. Louis (Ill.)
    Alumina.
  • Source
  • Aluminum Company of America Photographs, 1894-1988, MSP 282, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Aluminum Company of America Photographs
  • Rights Information
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