Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Blast Furnace

1884

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Blast Furnace
  • Title
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Blast Furnace
  • Creator
  • Frederick T. Gretton
  • Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F13.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F13.I02
  • Description
  • Caption on the front of the photograph reads, “J & L Blast Furnace. Old Type – elevator ran up straight – note hot blast stoves made of brick. New type – elevator on incline – note hot blast stoves made of steel.” The output of a blast furnace depended on its size and shape. The bulge, or bosh, of the barrel-shaped structure was usually 20 feet in diameter, while its height varied between 85 and 100 feet. Located nearby were four stoves, about 75 to 100 feet in height, which provided a continuous source of hot air to blow into the blast furnace. The stoves were built of brick and generated gases that burned to heat the air to temperatures of 1000 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
    Blast furnaces--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs, 1857-1953, MSP 328, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Frederick T. Gretton Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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