Interior of Mesta's Forge Department

1918-03-18

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Interior of Mesta's Forge Department
  • Title
  • Interior of Mesta's Forge Department
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B006.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP210.B006.I03
  • Description
  • The Mesta Machine Company’s Forging Plant utilized annealing and heat-treating furnaces and quenching tanks, in addition to, 1000, 1500, and 2000-ton steam hydraulic forging presses to create forgings on ingots from the steel department. The forging plant was split into three departments, the first of which utilized hand tools, such as small steam hammers and hand forgers, the second and third departments utilized the hydraulic presses to successfully create the heavy machinery that Mesta sold to numerous countries, including, Canada, Australia, India, England, France, Italy, and Japan.
  • 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
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