Exterior of the Mesta with Traveling Cranes

1918-02-11

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Exterior of the Mesta with Traveling Cranes
  • Title
  • Exterior of the Mesta with Traveling Cranes
  • Identifier
  • MSP210.B006.I07
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP210.B006.I07
  • Description
  • Pig iron and steel scraps from Mesta Machine Company's various development departments, including the Open-Hearth Steel Department and the Iron Foundry were stored in the metal store yard. The 85 foot by 1,200 foot storage area was serviced by four Gantry Electric Traveling Cranes, which carried materials to and from the store yard with electric magnets.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mesta Machine Company (West Homestead, Pa.)
    Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Locomotives--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Electric cranes--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--West Homestead.
    Construction workers--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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