Record Tonnage at O.H.#4

March 1952

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Record Tonnage at O.H.#4
  • Title
  • Record Tonnage at O.H.#4
  • Date
  • March 1952
  • Identifier
  • 943.35216.GN
  • Description
  • View of workers shoveling at O. H. #4 during the production of record tonnage of steel. Spurred by Korean war demand, production at Homestead boomed to record levels during the early 1950s. The Open Hearth department had an annual capacity of approximately 3,800,000 tons of ingots per year around this time.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Steel industry and trade
    Homestead Steel Works
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Homestead (Pa.)
  • Source
  • William J. Gaughan Collection
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • William J. Gaughan Collection
  • Rights Information
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