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Interior of Forge Department

1918-03-11

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Interior of Forge Department
  • Title
  • Interior of Forge Department
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B006.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP210.B006.I05
  • Description
  • The Mesta Machine Company utilized a large forge plant to produce heavy iron and steel machinery. The Forge Plant consisted of three departments, the first of which featured the use of hand forgers and steam hammers. The second and third departments were equipped with steam hydraulic forging presses, which utilized patented features developed by Mesta. The second department utilized two1500-ton presses, while the third department employed a 1000-ton and a 2000-ton press to forge ingots from the acid Open-Hearth Steel Department. The Forging Plant also utilized annealing and heat-treating furnaces and quenching tanks.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mesta Machine Company (West Homestead, Pa.).Forge Department.
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Forges--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
  • Source
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs, 1906-1925, MSP 210, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Mesta Machine Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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