Blast Furnaces at Edgar Thomson Steel Works

1886

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Blast Furnaces at Edgar Thomson Steel Works
  • Title
  • Blast Furnaces at Edgar Thomson Steel Works
  • Creator
  • Frederick T. Gretton
  • Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F24.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP328.B001.F24.I01
  • Description
  • Caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Showing railroad tracks going down to level of water in river.” In early August of 1875, the new Edgar Thomson Works received its first order, 2000 steel rails. The Edgar Thomson Works, located on the banks of the Monongahela River in Braddock, Pennsylvania, was a model of efficiency.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • United States Steel Corporation.Edgar Thomson Works.
    Blast furnaces--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
  • 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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