This facility began operations as a coke plant to supply gas for Hamilton. [MidPointe-1940] Armco (American Rolling Mills Co.) purchased the site from the Hamilton Coke and Iron Co. in 1937. [WayMarking] Operations stopped in July 1989, and it was torn down within a year. [MidPointe-1957] The current ownership is important since it is now an EPA superfund site. AK Steel acquired it in 1999, and Cleveland-Cliffs bought it in 2020. [journal-news]
There are two steel mills in Hamilton, ON. But there is also this one in Southwest Ohio near Hamilton, OH.
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| Larry Sparky Clark posted Armco Hamilton plant David Collins: No.1 blast furnace. Robert Wilson: Any idea on year? Think it was open till '88. Photo from Pinterest |
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| MidPointe-1957, cropped Aerial View of the Armco Hamilton Plant, 1957 Armco had plants in other communities besides Middletown. The Hamilton plant, located along the Great Miami River in New Miami, consisted of two blast furnaces and one hundred ten coke ovens in four batteries. It was purchased in partnership with Koppers Coke Company in 1927. Eventually it came under Armco ownership, and was operated as such until July of 1988. By July of 1989, it was leveled to the ground. In 1982, Armco acquired new coke-making facilities at Ashland, Kentucky, and installed Dravo-Still coke batteries at Middletown, that are not being used at this time. Brian McDonell posted Aerial photograph of the Armco New Miami Plant, 401 Augspurger Road, Hamilton, Ohio, Ohio 1957. James Muncy: What specifically did they do at that location? Same at the Middletown plant? Brian McDonell: James Muncy coke production and they sent torpedo rail cars of hot metal to Middletown I believe that was all. |
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| 1955 Hamilton Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
The Miami & Erie Canal went through Hamilton, OH, but it was east of here.
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| Apr 15, 1964 @ 24,000; AR1VAYB00010286 |
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| Photo from Pinterest 1906 - The Coke-Otto (ARMCO) plant in Coke-Otto which became New Miami later on. |
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| Photo from Pinterest |
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| MidPointeDigitalArchives Coke Plant & Blast Furnaces, New Miami, Armco, 1940 |
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| Grady Slade posted No.1 Blast Fce. 1986. Hamilton Plant. Armco Steel Corp. 12 Tuyere Fce. |
Grady Slade posted three photos with the comment: "No.1 and 2 Furnaces. 1975......"
Dave Greenfield: New Miami plant of Armco.
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| 2 Grady Slade: Slag running into Slag Pit No.2 furnace. 1984.. [Note that iron is also running into a bottle car.] Grady Slade posted Slag running into Slag Pit. Can smell Sulphur now,ha. No.2 Furnace. |
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| 3 Grady Slade: Sinder Notch for draining Slag from furnace an hour or so before Cast time... Donough Shanahan: Never seen one, don't have em now. |
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| Grady Slade posted No.2 Fce gets a new top. Armco Steel Corp. Hamilton Plant. New Miami, Ohio....1984... Kyle Olender: A new up take and downcomer |
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| Grady Slade posted No.2 Blast F. Bleeders blowing. This is 1984. Armco Steel's Hamilton Plant. James Mcclure: Furnace slipped, bleeder opened. Now hope the fire didn't go out. Tim Walter: that used to happen daily on zug island. |
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| Allan Phillips commented on Grady's post Inland #5 kicking! |
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| Aaron Payne commented on Grady's post, cropped |
Steven M Geisler posted three photos with the comment: "A B&O crew is working at the yard at Armco with C&O GP9 5928 and B&O caboose C-2464. 5928 will become, or already is a B&O engine. New Miami, OH. July 1970."
James Torgeson shared
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| Phil Jadlowiec commented on James' share 1974 Jerry Feicht: Phil Jadlowiec Grady Slade photo. |
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| Phil Jadlowiec commented on James' share Armco Hamilton Plant New Miami Ohio 1957 |
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| Phil Jadlowiec commented on James' share | Downloaded from an EPA superfund site | 250 acres |
Grady Slade has made multiple YouTube videos about this plant from 1974-1986.
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