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110 Ton Ingot

April 1953

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110 Ton Ingot
  • Title
  • 110 Ton Ingot
  • Date
  • April 1953
  • Identifier
  • 943.45324.GN
  • Description
  • A view of an onlooker watching as a massive 110 ton ingot is hoisted from a car-bottom reheating furnace in preparation for forging. The term ingot refers to the initial unfinished mass of steel that has been solidified in a mold from the molten metal originally produced in the open-hearth furnaces. The unfinished steel would be worked by different processes at other facilities at the works to fit a desired function.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Steel industry and trade
    Homestead Steel Works
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Homestead (Pa.)
  • Source
  • William J. Gaughan Collection
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • William J. Gaughan Collection
  • 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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