at the Ellwood City Forge in Pennsylvania.
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Vintage Image #4
Rolling mill drive at U.S. Steel’s 14″ mill in Clairton, Pennsylvania.
The 7,3 meter pulley is remarkable.
Steel production at the Clairton plant ceased in 1984. Today only the coking plant is still active.
Natrona, Pennsylvania
A small, former, industrial village on the banks of the Allegheny River.
In the background the remarkable Allegheny Ludlum melt shop from 1966 that hosts a huge 114″ (2,90 meter) hot blast cupola furnace, two 80 ton BOF vessels and three 70 ton induction furnaces. The cupola furnace produced up to 65 tons of hot metal per hour and was closed down in the late 1970ies to be replaced by the induction furnaces.
The melt shop was shut down in 2010 and is now demolished.
ArcelorMittal invests to reopen Monessen
ArcelorMittal declared yesterday to invest 50 Mio. $ to restart the old Koppers coking plant in Monessen, PA.
AM purchased the plant in 2008 and idled it in 2009 due to the economic crisis.
Plans are to have the plant operational in mid 2014.