Clairton Plant

February 4, 1958

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Clairton Plant
  • Title
  • Clairton Plant
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company
  • Date
  • February 4, 1958
  • Identifier
  • 8223.5828.RR
  • Description
  • View of railroad tracks as they enter U. S. Steel's Clairton Plant. Still in operation, the Clairton Plant is located 20 miles south of Pittsburgh on 392 acres along 3.3 miles of the west bank of the Monongahela River. The plant was built in 1901 by the St. Clair Steel Company and acquired by U. S. Steel in 1904. The largest coke manufacturing facility in the United States, Clairton Plant operates nine coke oven batteries and produces approximately 4.7 million tons of coke annually.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Railroad sidings
    Coke plants
    Railroad cars
    United States Steel Corporation. Clairton Plant
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Clairton (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Photographs, 1886-1972
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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