Hi guys and gals! Today I received a telephone message from someone in Birmingham reporting that EMPIRE COKE closed Wednesday. Some of you may have toured...
Tim, Try the Carnegie Library in Oakland and plan to stay for several hours. They're doing some remodeling but you'll need to go to the Pennsylvania Room on...
Also try, what I think is called, The Pittsburgh Historical Society or something similar to that. It is in an old ice house just north of the Amtrak (former...
Very, very sad news! I had a wonderful three hours tour of Empire Coke in 2001. The staff at the plant was very hospitable and let me photograph and video...
Very, very sad news! I had a wonderful three hours tour of Empire Coke in 2001. The staff at the plant was very hospitable and let me photograph and video...
Hi Ray & friends: EMPIRE bought 5 electric locos originally but did not assemble/rebuild all of them. The last info I had was that some were held for parts as...
Harald Finster of this group has several photos of the Duquesne Works on his website: http://www.hfinster.de/StahlArt2/archive-Pittsburgh-en.html#archive- ...
At least as late as 1944 the Struthers Iron & Steel Company operated a small blast furnace in Struthers Ohio. By 1959 it appears to be owned by the Pittsburgh...
An earlier post stated this plant has been reduced to a brownfield. Is this true? If so it sounds like they moved pretty quickly on it, which surprises me...
The Struthers Wastewater treatment plant occupies that site, which is just north of the new Bridge Street bridge. SR 616. The contractors encountered much...
Hi guys! The Gadsden site was agreessively auctioned off and the rest of the evidence destroyed to prevent environmental situation followups...this seems...
Hello everyone, I'm new to the group, my name is Duane Heard (list moderator for ChesapeakeOhioRailway)group, I have a C&O layout plan on the drawing board,...
If you want the busiest railroad junction in the US now, try Gibbon Junction, Nebraska, on the Union Pacific. This location is where two double-track mainlines...
Duane, Welcome aboard! I'd like to join the C&O group, could you send a link? Thanks, Bill Navari [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I don't know if this qualifies or not, but at USS's Minntac operation in Minnesota there were an average of 330 movements a day from the pit, through the...
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In the early 90's I drove past this plant. 2 blast furnaces and coke plant were still standing. If I'd had more nerve I would have spoken to the security...
A couple months ago I picked up a few black & white photos of this plant. Is there anything left, or just an open field next to the Norfolk Southern railroad...
I was reading about this plant on an EPA website. Sounded like the plant was intact awaiting cleanup. Does anyone know the condition of this facility? Can it...
Kris, The Hamilton plant is gone. Torn down around 1994. I got some pictures back in 1988. It was easy to sit right out front and watch. Jim Mihalek ...
Where did you find pictures? This and the ARMCO Hamilton plant are tough to find anything on. I was there sometime in the mid 80s and the plant was being...
Kris, Only thing left is the closest wall of the ore yard...the entire area is considered a brownfield site at this point. Here are a couple of references to...
Estimados compañeros, Dear friends, Tenemos disponible la pagina web del congreso referenciado. La dirección web es: <http://www.inasmet.es/paleosiderurgia>...
I saw some slides of the place taken several years ago. It was in pretty poor condition then. IIRC, a local railfan said the buildings have been demolished...
I bought the photos on ebay, paid too much but what's new. The paintings in city hall are part of a city-wide mural project. Yes, both the blast furnace and...
Gulf States Steel went through a liquidation bankruptcy. The usable equipment was auctioned off ( I think the rolling mill went to China or something.) This...
The Tod Engine Foundation is making slow but steady progress toward eventual restoration and exhibit of our William Tod Co. 34" x 68" x 60" cross compound...
Hi all: I'm working out of Bessemer, AL (another "summer in the Appalachians" I guess). I'm almost done with the first hitch, but I am probably going to be...
Hi! For siteseeing in the B'ham District you can wander around and see: SLOSS FURNACES Tannehill Museum A lot of the Birmingham Southern/Fairfield Southern...
Hi! Great work Rick! Dale Sailors Rick <jrowland3@...> wrote: The Tod Engine Foundation is making slow but steady progress toward eventual restoration...
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