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General machine shop of U.S. Steel's National Tube Company in McKeesport, Allegheny County
The National Tube Works Company was acquired... |
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The Open Hearth Furnace crew (including children) at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, 1900.
Jones and Laughlin, one of the largest iron... |
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Beehive coke ovens in the Connellsville coke district, circa 1890.
The Connellsville seam, the most important... |
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Coke ovens owned by the Henry Clay Frick Coke Company, Mount Pleasant, PA, circa 1890.
Work in Pennsylvania's coke industry was... |
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Three "Pull up" boys at the Jones and Lauglin Steel Pudding Furnace, November,17,1886.
Three "Pull up" boys at the Jones and Lauglin... |
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Workers process a 90-ton ingot using a 10,000-ton forging press at Carnegie Steel Company's Homestead Steel Works.
Homestead Steel Works, by B. L. H. Dabbs,1893-1895.... |
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Inspectors at the National Tube Company examining steel tubes, circa 1944.
National Tube Co Inspectors |
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Hot Mill Worker and Buddy, by Erwin Ronski, western Pennsylvania, circa 1917.
The extraordinary dangers of working in Pittsburgh’s... |
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Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Homestead Steel Works. Open Hearth no. 3.
Open Hearth Tapping Heat, Homestead, Pa.,... |
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Two workers inspecting seamless pipe at the Aliquippa Works, circa 1928.
In 1926, the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation... |
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Women workers in Midvale Steel's Nicetown plant, circa 1918.
When American steelworkers served in the... |
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Steam hammer used for forging steel at the Midvale Steel Company, c. 1905.
Steam hammer used for forging steel at the... |
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An interior view of the Nicetown plant, Midvale Steel, featuring workers and machining armor.
An interior view of the Nicetown plant, Midvale... |
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African-American worker in a steel mill, Coatesville, PA, circa 1920.
Jobs drew thousands of southern blacks to... |
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African-American workers at the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, Coatesville Plant, circa 1910.
In 1896, William W. Taylor brought the first... |
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Standard Steel Works Hammer shop. Making connecting rods.
Standard Steel Works Hammer shop. Making... |
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Standard Steel Works, checking locomotive connecting rods.
Standard Steel Works, checking locomotive... |
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Standard Steel Works, Machine Shop 2, lathing crankshafts.
Standard Steel Works, Machine Shop 2, lathing... |