Isn't that the way it always is? I do commend Gov. Pawlenty for blowing the whistle even if doing so might have jeopardized an important project in his state. ...
They are both related to Essar and that is the connection. If Essar is willing to deal under the the table to Massey, they are certainly willing to falsify ...
... Does that imply that the max number of ovens that can be serviced by one set of equipment (pusher, larry car, etc) is (5 ovens per hour) * (18 hours) = 90...
I, too, have never heard of USS blast furnaces with letter names - they have always been numbers. The BOF's at Gary & Fairfield have letter names. Don't quote...
That's great first-hand info Mike! To go along with this coke oven discussion, I have posted a shot of my single coke oven artifact, a door number plate from...
Thanks to all who answered my question regarding the lack of zeroes in the coke oven numbering sequence. The replies were perfectly clear and I passed them on...
Thanks to Rob Wolcott for the photos of Wickwire Spencer/Tonawanda Coke. Looking at topo maps of the Niagara River area northwest of Buffalo, there appears to...
Ryan, I never thought about that but let's figure it out: 3 turns per 24 hour period each turn would push and charge between 28-35 ovens per shift with the ...
It is true that the proposed plant, like many, does not use coal or coke. If this system, a Midrex furnace, runs exceptionally well and Massey misbehaves,...
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/showthread.php?p=778518&posted=1#post778518 Rick Rowlands Tod Engine Foundation "Preserving Youngstown's Steel Industry...
Gentlemen The Thomas converter was never used a great deal in America. When the Thomas converter came up in 1879 America had 12 true Bessemers on line and one...
The only reason they are working with Massey is that Essar is currently blast furnace driven. I really do not see the Midrex process really big in North...
Wow messages are so fast here now stuff seems to get lost in the clutter! I would like to know if anyone has photos of the transfer train at the new Continious...
If you look at Photo 43 in my Dr. Boothe's Volume 2 "Acme Steel" you will see a good photo of this transfer car. The car is not self propelled, but is pushed...
I do have more pictures of this "train," I'll have to look through my computer files. By the way, I have seen them push or pull this transfer car. It isn't ...
A $1 billion investment proposed by U.S. Steel Corp. at its Clairton Works coke-producing operations not only will help to ensure the long- term viability of...
Thanks a lot Ray!! Great photos! What kind of loco is the black one in photo 63 of 67 in album II ? Do you know if the transfer car was made in Amrerica or...
Check "Images of America", "The Town of Tonawanda by John W Percy. Wickwire had hueletts, ore bridges, 2 blast furnaces, and some rolling mills. -Brian in...
I just did a little photo comparison and the picture of the Furnaces & Ore Docks in that book on page 42 are labled wrong. It's actually a photo of the ...
I have posted a photo (in the JST Photos folder) of the USS Edgar Thomson Works' "blast furnace row," taken in 1939 or before, from the book "STEEL." It's a...
Are those two furnaces placed immediately next to each other just to the left of the gutter? The furnace to the far left stands in a seperate row from the...
I do not know for sure, but I can find out. Since SMS Demag designed the CSP plant, the transfer cars might be of European design. The locomotives I believe...
The site plan I have of ET, which has no date on it but shows the B&O RR tracks through the mill, shows 8 furnaces as letters. Furnaces shown on this site...
Chief1RTFD@...
Dec 3, 2007 1:54 am
22719
Rick, If "gutter" means the page-break, yes I think that that it looks like two furnaces. I have to admit that my favorite part of the photo is the Union slag ...
There seems be a conflict between the Union RR Map and the official USS documentation. The eight USS plant documentation books that I have (Carnegie Illinois ...
The YS&T Campbell Works blast furnaces are known as 1,2,3 and 4, and also as A,B,C and D both in official documents and engineering drawings. Jeannette furnace...
Hi Everyone, My name is Harry T. Slomers. I worked at Mclouth Steel at the Trenton plant from 7-27-73 until 6-24-1986. My father was Harry Slomers. He was one...
... them to rolling temperature. I always thought it was such a waste for the slabs to come out of the continuous casters then let them cool down for days or...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
