Edgewater Steel's One Millionth Wheel

March 23, 1944

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Title
Edgewater Steel's One Millionth Wheel
Date
March 23, 1944
Identifier
20091117-ocl-0114
Source Identifier
2005.08
Description
Gang #1 gathers for a group photograph in celebration of the plant's completion of its 'One Millionth Wheel' in 1944. Since older cameras could not capture movement, one man on the left side of the group looks like a ghost. Many of the workers fail to smile on this momentous occasion, either caught unprepared or just ready to get back to work. Located on Allegheny River Boulevard and College Avenue, the plant eventually expanded to produce forged and rolled products to the transportation and industrial gear and bearing industries. The company also produced forged and rolled rings from titanium and other aerospace materials for the use in combustion chambers of military and commercial engines for jet aircraft and rockets. The plant operated in Oakmont until 2001 and was Oakmont's largest employer for several years.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Oakmont (Allegheny County, Pa.)
Edgewater Steel Company (Oakmont, Pa.)
Industry--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Steel Industry and Trade--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Steel Industry and Trade--Employees--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Steel Workers--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Group portraits--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Businesses--Pennsylvania--Oakmont
Source
Oakmont Carnegie Library Archives
Contributor
Oakmont Carnegie Library
Collection
Oakmont Historical Image Collection
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