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No. 12 Stove Checker Cave-in and Scaffolding

1953-07-01

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No. 12 Stove Checker Cave-in and Scaffolding
  • Title
  • No. 12 Stove Checker Cave-in and Scaffolding
  • Creator
  • Goll Studio
  • Identifier
  • MSP33.B002.F03.I10
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP33.B002.F03.I10
  • Description
  • Expansion at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Pictured is the number twelve stove checker cave-in and scaffolding. The Aliquippa Works occupied an area of more than 700 acres on the west bank of the Ohio River, and extended approximately seven miles. It was one half mile wide at its widest point and was the largest industrial plant in Beaver County, employing about 14,950 men and women at its peak. The plant's location along the Ohio River provided excellent river and rail transportation for both raw materials and products.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.Aliquippa Works.
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Aliquippa.
  • Source
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
  • Rights Information
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