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Steel Mill Scene
1870/1954
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Title
Steel Mill Scene
Creator
unknown
Identifier
MSP33.B008.F03.I01
Description
In July 1859, Laughlin & Company, later to become Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, acquired land on the north side of the Monongahela River opposite Brownstown (currently the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh). Two blast furnaces, called Eliza furnaces, and some beehive coke ovens were built on the site. These furnaces, the second blast furnace built in Pittsburgh, began operation in 1860. Additional furnaces were added over the years so that ingot capacity at the Pittsburgh Works, also called the Eliza Works, reached 1,740,000 tons per year in 1920, and two million tons in 1930. The plant, which employed over 5,000 people at one time, closed in 1977 and the enormous blast furnaces at the site were razed in the mid-1980s.
Subject
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.Pittsburgh Works.
Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Aliquippa.
Steel workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
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