Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Pittsburgh Works

1921-12-21

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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Pittsburgh Works

Title
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Pittsburgh Works
Identifier
MSP33.B007.F13.I10
Source Identifier
MSP33.B007.F13.I10
Description
In July 1859, Laughlin & Company, later to become Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, acquired land on the north side of the Monongahela River opposite Brownstown (currently the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh). Two blast furnaces, called Eliza furnaces and beehive coke ovens were built on the site. These furnaces, the second blast furnaces built in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, began operation in 1860. Additional furnaces were added over the years so that ingot capacity at the Pittsburgh Works, also called the Eliza Works, reached 1,740,000 tons per year in 1920, and two million tons in 1930. The plant, which employed over 5,000 people at one time, closed in 1977 and the enormous blast furnaces at the site were razed in the mid-1980s.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.Pittsburgh Works.
Soho (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Coke ovens--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Source
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Collection Photographs, 1864-1953, MSP 33, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Photographs
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