In the late 70's U.S Steel started issuing silvers on a limited basis at Fairfield Works;before this we had heavy canvas that was treated with the flame ...
I remember watching an old 16mm movie made by US steel showing the blast furnace crew working around the hot metal flowing in the gutters. The announcer in...
Hello, in the course of my recent visit to Czech Republic, I noticed a special kind of protective hat worn by workers in the cast house of the blast furnaces. ...
the old"silvers" where asbestos, when I went into the Air Force and early days at a civilian airports we used this type of protection for crash rescue, so I am...
Question for the group - Did Esmark acquire W-P with a long range good intentions to create and run a more profitable steel company? Or did they buy W-P to...
Wilbur Ross was willing to do something no one else was willing to do, put up some money. He is also the one who had the vision to see that there would be...
Jim, Thank you for the background on Alton & Southern. I had studied the SPV railroad map of the St. Louis area and drew incorrect conclusions from the road's...
Alcoa's facility was in East St. Louis. Its closure in the mid-1960s prompted Alcoa to put the A&S up for sale. I really don't know anything about the Alton &...
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Allen, Jim Torgeson informs that you are a St. Louis-area maven, as I should have guessed from the excellent post of Granite City ore gons, etc. Do you know...
Markmfg, I'm no Alton & Eastern expert, I would have to dig around, Ore has either come from the north land, or from the PeaRidge area southwest of St. Louis...
The last Youngstown steel producer is now owned by french/german V&M Tubes. This company is world market leader in seamless tubes and was formed in 1997 as a...
Those are some of the sharpest, interesting, and beautiful I have ever seen. My compliments on your technique and composition. Steve Raque Modeling the P&LE...
Agreed! I just went through and looked at the pictures from a bunch of the USA plants and I am very impressed with the composition and quality. Jim Evans...
Allen, Thanks for the interim reply. I was thinking also about the possibility of Granite City receiving ore barged UP the Mississippi from New Orleans, coming...
Don't forget that USS Fairless was also built with foreign ore in mind (supplied by ocean-going ships), although it didn't survive as an integrated plant....
Beautiful pictures! Great color and composition. John Lord, Keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth. Amen [Non-text portions of this...
Hello everyone: Now Available on my flicker page (Look under people for Dorsett studios then go to my sets. Or just Google Dorsett studios for 275 carrie...
Thats fine, and thanks! ... studios page a while back on my model faq page. ... +0000Subject: [STEEL] Duquesne, E.T. ,Carrie, Homestead, J.& L., Aliquippa...
The latest issue of the P&LE RR Historical Society magazine *The Little Giant* was mailed yesterday. The articles in this issued are: - The Demise of the...
... Actually, full disclosure and credit where credit is due, this is not my list. This is a copy of the Pitt Archives' finding aid for the collection which I...
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