Category:Central Furnaces (American Steel and Wire Company)

Media in category "Central Furnaces (American Steel and Wire Company)"

The following 29 files are in this category, out of 29 total.

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  A close-up look at the trestle. Tripper car, which distributed ore end limestone into bins below, can be seen at center right. In the distance is the plant's standpipe. View is HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-24.tif 5,000 × 4,015; 19.15 MB
  
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  Blast furnace plant embraces the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. Plant was established in 1881 by the Cleveland Rolling Mill Co. It was absorbed by the American Steel and Wire HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-13.tif 5,000 × 4,056; 19.34 MB
  
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  Blast Furnaces A and D, looking south, along trestle. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-32.tif 5,000 × 4,003; 19.09 MB
  
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  Blast furnaces D (at center) and A, looking west. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-15.tif 5,000 × 3,977; 18.97 MB
  
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  Blast furnaces D (at left) and A, looking west. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-14.tif 5,000 × 4,074; 19.43 MB
  
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  Boiler House, looking north. Gas bleeder stack at center right. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-23.tif 3,997 × 5,000; 19.06 MB
  
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  Bollinger twin-chain tandem, pig-casting machine, located at the north end of the plant. Prior to closing, approximately 40 percent of the plant's- iron production was cast HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-27.tif 5,000 × 4,065; 19.39 MB
  
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  Coke 'fines' bin at Furnace D. After delivery to the trestle bins, the coke was screened and the coke 'fines' or breeze, were transported by conveyor to the coke fines bins HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-16.tif 5,000 × 4,006; 19.1 MB
  
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  Copy of a photograph taken c. 1909 showing the 15-ton ladle cars into which the molten iron flowed. The hot iron then either traveled by rail to the Newburgh Steel Works, a HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-11.tif 5,000 × 3,983; 19 MB
  
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  Copy of a photograph taken c. 1910 showing the ore-handling plant at Central Furnace, including two Hullet electric unloaders with 10-ton capacity buckets and a 10-ton capacity HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-7.tif 5,000 × 4,017; 19.16 MB
  
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  Copy of a photograph taken c. 1912 of Furnace 'D' blown-in 17 July 1911, the fourth experimental 'thin-lined furnace' to be built in the United States. Photo courtesy Ralph A. HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-8.tif 5,000 × 3,983; 19 MB
  
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  Copy of Drawing, 'American Steel and Wire Co., Central Furnace Works - Sketch of Plant Showing Tracks and Buildings, 1913, Revised 3-10-31.' Drawing courtesy United States Steel HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-1.tif 5,000 × 3,984; 19 MB
  
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  Copy of Drawing, 'American Steel and Wire Company, Central Furnaces and Docks, General Plan of Works Showing Trestle, 1-3-39.' Drawing courtesy of United States Steel HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-2.tif 4,993 × 3,976; 18.94 MB
  
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  Copy of Drawing, 'United States Steel Central Furnaces and Docks, General Plan, 4-26-62, Rev. 12-15-69.' Drawing courtesy of United States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio. - HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-3.tif 4,992 × 3,976; 18.93 MB
  
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  Copy of photograph taken c. 1909 showing the trestle bins which received the raw materials - ore, coke, and limestone - for transfer to the furnaces. Photo courtesy Ralph A. HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-9.tif 3,981 × 5,000; 18.99 MB
  
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  Detail, 50-ton ladle car. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-30.tif 5,000 × 3,974; 18.95 MB
  
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  Detail, corroded stairs on stoves to central furnaces. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-33.tif 3,980 × 5,000; 18.98 MB
  
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  Detail, Furnace A, shows the drill used to tap the furnace (at center left) and the 'mud gun' used to close it up with a clay plug (at lower right). Metal chute at center (next HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-20.tif 5,000 × 4,016; 19.15 MB
  
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  Detail, Furnace D, showing skip cars (center), flanked by two of the furnace stoves. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-22.tif 5,000 × 4,049; 19.31 MB
  
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  Furnace D, looking east, from the west of the Cuyahoga River. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-17.tif 5,000 × 4,003; 19.09 MB
  
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  Furnace D, looking north. At far left is the 'tripper' car, which distributed ore and limestone into trestle bins below. The 'larryman' then weighed and discharged these HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-18.tif 4,038 × 5,000; 19.26 MB
  
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  Inside the cast house at Furnace A. Molten iron flowed into eight ladles. The furnace was cast (or tapped) six times each day. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-19.tif 3,956 × 5,000; 18.87 MB
  
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  Interior, Turbo Blower Building. Furnace-blowing engines included one Elliot and two Brown-Boveri steam-drive turbines (shown here). The north end of the building house the HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-21.tif 5,000 × 4,021; 19.18 MB
  
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  Locker room. While at work, laborers stored their street clothes in lockers. At the end of their shift, work clothes-sweaty and damp-were placed into open metal baskets and HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-31.tif 5,000 × 4,021; 19.18 MB
  
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  Ore unloading dock, looking south. Dock, built in 1908, featured two 10-ton-capacity Hulett unloaders (shown here) built by the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co. of Cleveland. - HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-12.tif 5,000 × 4,015; 19.15 MB
  
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  Turbo Blower Building (1927), looking south. Large pipes, center, carried the hot air blast to the stoves of Furnaces A and D. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-28.tif 5,000 × 3,991; 19.03 MB
  
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  View looking southwest from furnaces shows the ore end limestone storage bins. Ore and limestone were carried by conveyor, seen at far left, to the tripper car, which in turn HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-25.tif 5,000 × 4,020; 19.17 MB
  
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  West elevation, Furnace A, looking east. - Central Furnaces, 2650 Broadway, east bank of Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH HAER OHIO,18-CLEV,32-26.tif 5,000 × 4,035; 19.24 MB