Oil: (Satellite)
Steel: (Satellite, "Was located on Woodland Avenue off Jefferson Avenue" [RootsWeb])I knew there was oil in Northwestern Pennsylvania because that is where the first commercial oil well as drilled. I did not know there was oil in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
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| Jackson-Township historical preservation posted Scene on Prospect Avenue in the community of Washington around 1890. (Photo from https://www.facebook.com/charhistsoc/) Sam Levato: A lot of oil and gas history here in Washington County. I believe Standard Oil started in Taylorstown PA around 1890 as well. Aric Chropek: Now, I know why it's called Prospect Avenue! Bill Sutliff: Oil or gas wells? I’m not familiar with oil info in that area but do know about oil wells in McDonald, Pa. Bill Roach: Bill Sutliff the mcurdy oil field!! |
"Washington Steel was the first U.S. company to use a Sendzimir Mill to cold-roll stainless steel." [wikipedia]
Allegheny Ludlum became a founding member of ATI in 1996, and this plant was closed just three years later.
1:36 video of the coil storage area and then the end of the rolling mill and then an overhead crane with a C-hook
A 1:53 video of the roughing mill doing all of the passes needed to feed the finishing mill
Steve Kashuba posted 23 photos and videos with the comment: "This used to be Washington steel rolling mill."
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| 1 This is what happens when a roll stops and a hot slab keeps going. OOPS looks like ribbon candy |
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| 2 Oops |
1:36 video of the coil storage area and then the end of the rolling mill and then an overhead crane with a C-hook
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| 4 Grease fire being kept under control with a fire hose |
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| 5 Laborer putting out a grease fire |
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| 6 Running a overhead remote controlled crane |
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| 7 Another hard working lady operating the furnaces |
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| 8 Craneman picking up slab with tongs. Hepenskull |
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| 9 In the process of rolling a slab |
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| 10 A slab after first pass through the roughing mill |
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| 13 One of my dear friends that passed too early. He was a overhead crane operator |
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| 14 The roughing mill |
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| 15 The roughing mill operator rolls the slab from this booth |
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| 16 The furnace operator raising the cold slab into a furnace |
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| 18 A slab being raised into the furnace |
A 1:53 video of the roughing mill doing all of the passes needed to feed the finishing mill
[This confirms for me that a roughing mill has just one stand and the slab reverses direction several times.]
On the south side of this excerpt B&O is on the left and Pennsy is on the right so they both go past the plant.
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| 20 A slab ready to go into a furnace for reheat |
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| 21 A very long way to go for a slab to become a coil |
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| 22 A hot slab ready to be rolled into a coil [with cold slabs on the left ready to be reheated.] |
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| 23 A cold slab ready to be loaded into a furnace |
On the south side of this excerpt B&O is on the left and Pennsy is on the right so they both go past the plant.
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| 1954 Washington West Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
Kellen Hodge posted two photos with the comment: "Washington Steel Melt Shop slag pot leaving the AOD."
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