There is also a steel mill near Hamilton, OH.
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted Before 1907 - this is a photo of the FIRST Blast Furnace (built in 1895) at Huckleberry Point in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. By 1910 it was taken over by the Steel Company of Canada (Stelco.) As new Furnaces were added, this one came to be known as "A" Furnace. Over its lifetime, this small Blast Furnace produced 5-3/4 MILLION Tons of Pig Iron. |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted CORRECTION - the date of this photo is 1953 - not 1948 as previously posted (Thanks Mike) >> Stelco Blast Furnaces, Central Boiler Shop (CBS), #2 Ore Docks Bridge Crane in background and TWO houses (yes, houses!) inside the plant. This has to be one of my favourite archival photos of the Steel Company of Canada in Hamilton, Ontario. Source: Steel Company of Canada. [I guess I missed the previous post.] D Eric Davis shared Anthony Grandovic: At one time there were more than 200 blast furnaces operating in the states. Now there are about 20 |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted Stelco Bast Furnace > pre-1960. I scanned (and edited) this photo that appeared in one of the many Visitor Booklets that Stelco produced over the years ... Robbie Thompson: C Furnace D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 > Looking West over Stelco Blast Furnaces A and B to the Bay from the top of Blast Furnace C, more than a hundred and fifteen feet above the ground. Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario. Source: Stelco Flashes. |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted Max Aicher, Stelco, ArcelorMittal. Photo from Hans Herres. D Eric Davis shared |
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The mill is a lot bigger than the town of Nanticoke, ON. It looks like this mill is a relatively recent greenfield mill built further south of Hamilton so that the ore carriers did not have to waste time going through the locks of the Welland Canal.
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1989 - as promised - here is Page 2 from the Mechanical Shops booklet. D Eric Davis shared ite plane for Stelco Hilton works in Hamilton ont. Sadly it's rapidly disappearing. |
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| William Almas posted Hamilton Stelco bar mill and coil |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted A couple of blast furnaces at Dofasco, with the Center mall barely visible in the foreground. Johny Cool: Actually more than a couple blast furnaces. Startling in the foreground that #2, 3 & #4 Furnaces all running. #1 was takin down a while ago. Jesse Linklater: I was running boiler #9 that crane is replacing the stack on in the background. Great place to work. |
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| David Sanderson posted Dofasco Hamilton, Ontario |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1943 Electric Furnace Charge Side - Open Hearth - Stelco Hamilton. Source: Steel Company of Canada. Russ Marini: A very innovative forward thinking company of its day! [note the 1943 date] To bad the suits got a hold of it! Ted Lister: As I was told, Senior Steelmaking Supervisors didn’t buy in and undermined the project. D Eric Davis shared Found on another page. |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted From my friend Todd ... there are actually 3 men in this photo ... can someone explain what is going on in this photo - I think this is Stelco Hamilton? Comments please ... Geoff Palfrey: Manual tilt, 3 phase heroult type EAF, hoist driven electrode masts. Russ Marini: Tapping an electric arc furnace Could be the one installed by no.2 openhearth? If this is a stelco picture Any body else? George Hastings: In 1968 when I started Stelco had a Concast at the east end of 2OH….maybe #16 fce? D Eric Davis sharedFound on another page. |
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| David Sanderson posted #4 Blast Furnace Dofasco Hamilton, Ontario |
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| Hans Herres posted Picture of what is left of steel mills in Hamilton Ontario (unknown date and photographer) Tyler Hampson: Upper right is Dofasco and the picture barely shows half of what’s still there. |
This post taught me about these mills.
Bob Bratina posted three photos with the comment: "Stelco D demolished-2004 but Lake Erie Works is getting an upgrade and reline to 'Smart' category."
Jason Spears Was this furnace in Hamilton or Nanticoke?
Bob BratinaAuthor Jason Spears this was in Hamilton. The Nanticoke furnace is getting a major overhaul right now. We have 3 more blast furnaces going in Hamilton at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. And another in Hamilton mothballed. That’s a lot of furnaces in our area. I love them.
Brad Maybee Bob Bratina only 2 running right now at Dofasco Hamilton one is idled.
Bob BratinaAuthor You’re right
Bob Bratina posted three photos with the comment: "Stelco D demolished-2004 but Lake Erie Works is getting an upgrade and reline to 'Smart' category."
Jason Spears Was this furnace in Hamilton or Nanticoke?
Bob BratinaAuthor Jason Spears this was in Hamilton. The Nanticoke furnace is getting a major overhaul right now. We have 3 more blast furnaces going in Hamilton at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. And another in Hamilton mothballed. That’s a lot of furnaces in our area. I love them.
Brad Maybee Bob Bratina only 2 running right now at Dofasco Hamilton one is idled.
Bob BratinaAuthor You’re right
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| 2 Dennis DeBruler A rare view of the "guts" of a blast furnace. |
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| 3 Glenn Gillis Stelco Furnace D - around 2004, Bob Bratina? Bob Bratina Glenn Gillis yes. I took the picture the day before they demolished it. Came down Sept 5/04. The demo guy told me the contract was for $1 dollar. They got the salvage. |
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| Riscan Kom posted, cropped E furnace USSC (STELCO) dormant 2015 Bob Featherstone: Is there an operating blast furnace at Lake Erie Works? Brayden Rhora: Bob Featherstone yes the furnace at LEW is running. Relined the fall of 2020. Bob Featherstone: Do ore ships dock right there including 1,000 footers? Ryan Gowland: Bob Featherstone yup dock probably goes a km out into Lake Erie. |
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| Keith Ruitlidge posted Czarek Miłowski: Very short coke oven battery on the left side. Keith Rutlidge: Czarek Miłowski that is our #3 Coke plant. #1 is decommissioned and #2 still operating. Ryan Gowland: Czarek Miłowski 1 battery but 9m coke ovens so it pushes a lot of coke. Greg Bouchard: STELCO. My father worked there after WWII. He was a 2HI roller. Keith Rutlidge: Greg Bouchard not Stelco |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 Stelco Coke Ovens #4 Battery Coke Side (thanks Ron) > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. D Eric Davis shared Bill 'Jules' Jula: having worked on the coke ovens at J & L in Aliquippa, PA, in the 60's, I NEVER remember them being THAT CLEAN!!!!! Ed DeLeeuw: You wanna see clean go to Dofasco. The regularly have men power washing the mill floors plus the oil cellars too! |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 Stelco Coke Ovens #4 Battery Coke Side (thanks Ron) > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Glenn Gillis: The fellow at the very top of the stairway gives a pretty good indication of the size of these structures... Chris Tymchuk: My father started to work in the Coke Ovens in 1944. They gave him a pair of Wooden shoes to walk on top of the ovens. He looked at them , immediately quit and got a job at Harvester the same day. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 - Stelco Coke Ovens > Larry Car on #3 Battery > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. (There's actually 3 men in this photo - can you find the 3rd??) Peggie Popowich: The 3rd Man on the right side, where clothes are. D Eric Davis shared Larry Haynes: Standing facing the Sandpipe, been there done that years ago ... |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1930's Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario > Larry Car on Stelco's #2 Coke Oven Battery. Of the seven Coke Oven Batteries that Stelco had in operation over the years, only one is left today (#7 Battery.) D Eric Davis shared Tom Ray shared Daniel Lajambe: First battery I’ve seen with 4 charge holes!! |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario - Coke Ovens Top of #3 Battery. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1955 - Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario > Coke Ovens with Anton Passchier displaying safety equipment that was prevalent at that time - including wooden clogs over his safety shoes. Source: Stelco Flashes. D Eric Davis shared Terry Gooch: That was a crazy job. First time on top the coke battery, smoke was everywhere and so thick I couldn’t see through it, and all I can hear is the charging car’s warning bell sounding as it was quickly approaching. Thankfully someone told me to hide between the stand pipes to keep from getting run over! 😳 Donald Datchuk: Terry Gooch i caught the pant leg of my "fire retardant" greens on fire when I stepped between the stand pipes for the Larry car to unload the charge. Someone left an inspection cap off&I was standing almost over the hole. I was also stuck there until the Larry car finished. As soon as the car cleared, I ran downstairs into the locker room&stuck my foot&leg into the trough sink&turned on the water. My 'greens', my blue jeans,my long underwear&2 pairs of socks kept me from serous injury. |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario - Coke Ovens Push side of #3 Battery. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1948 Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario - Coke Ovens Pushing Coke on #3 Battery. D Eric Davis shared Michael Connors: That’s #1 Coke plant at Dofasco. I worked there in the early 2000s before it closed a few years later. Tom Ray shared |
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| The Beauty of Steel Project posted The last weeks/days of Stelco Hamilton blast furnace, once the most efficient lady in Canada. The mill was cold since 2010, now under demolition. The slow end of blast furnace era. Thanks to my friend Michael Hrysko for this great archive shot. |
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Stelco was founded in 1910 and was bought by US Steel in 2010 and is renamed US Steel Canada. Dofasco was founded in 1920 as a steel casting company and bought by Arcelor in 2006. "1945: With the end of the Second World War, Hamilton's mills produce about half of Canada's steel. 1954: Dofasco becomes the first steel company in North America to begin using a basic oxygen furnace, a more efficient way of making steel than the traditional open hearth method. Stelco remains committed to open hearth technology until the late 1960s. The same holds for the adoption of continuous casting technology. 1981: Stelco opens its new $800-million Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke, just as domestic demand for steel falls sharply." In general, it appears that Dofasco was quick to modernize and Stelco was slow. And the two companies also had different relations with unions. [TheSpec]
The fifties represented a time of rapid expansion for Dofasco. In 1950, engineers reclaimed land from Hamilton’s Bay, and in 1951 the site welcomed its first blast furnace and coke plant. In 1954, Dofasco was the first company in North America to adopt a basic oxygen furnace, and just a year later management established the Research and Development department to continue inventing new steels and technologies. [Dafasco]Stelco is the current name for The Steel Company of Canada, which was formed "in 1910 via the merger of Montreal Rolling Mills, the Hamilton Steel and Iron Company, and a handful of secondary companies located from Gananoque to Brantford." [stelco]
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| Leonardo Labarbera posted Original picture of dofasco hamilton Wow! Just one battery! Later called #2 battery after additional battery’s added on either side of it. I cant remember exact year but the first coke battery and #1 byproducts was built in early 1950’s... i want to say 1953. |
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| David Walker posted Stelco, Lake Erie Works, months after star-up 1980/81. Still producing today. The Blast Furnace was relined in 2020. Coke Ovens Overhaul still in progress. Makes fantastic view at night. Philip Pickles: That coke oven rebuild is way over the original estimated cost.. it has resulted in a squeeze on the Hamilton maintenance budget. |
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| Micahael Hrysko posted Looking eastwards .... Dofasco ., Bayfront area complex |
Mercedez Andrade posted three photos with the comment:
dafasco HamiltonEdit to addUPDATE: Many people shared pics of horrible emissions coming from ArcelorMittal Dofasco on afternoon of Nov. 14. The company sent an email out to Community Liaison Committee members with some details about what happened. Here is the text of that message:Dear CLC Members,There was an incident at the company’s No.2 Caster this afternoon at 1:22 p.m. The caster is where liquid steel is cast into slabs. There was a malfunction in the transfer of the liquid steel into the caster, causing a spill. The area is controlled and secure as of approximately 2:25 p.m.Fortunately, there are no injuries as employees are not allowed in the area for safety reasons.However, the incident resulted in a significant visible emission, likely due to both fire and contact between the liquid steel and water. The company’s Fire Department responded and managed the incident. Hamilton fire also attended for support.The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Parks and Conservation’s Spills Action Centre has been alerted as required.Our teams are on site investigating and further information will be provided if and when available.Best regards,John Lundrigan | General Manager / Director, EnvironmentArcelorMittal DofascoEnvironment Department | Box 2460, 1330 Burlington St. E.Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3J5T 905-548-7200 x6100 | F 905-548-7000 | www.arcelormittal.com | http://dofasco.arcelormittal.comClose your windows, stay inside. Dofasco fire smoke coming your way.
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Mike McTigue: Looks like they did the right thing and got the ladle rotated out and limited damage to the caster.
Rob Kirton: Are they Mittal’s only remaining North American property?
Michael Green: I work about 2 miles down from Dofasco, and its an Arcelor Mittal Long Carbon. We do wire.
Dennis DeBruler: They kept the joint venture in Calvert, AL. And the R&D office in West Chicago.
[The comments indicate the floors are sand to simplify cleanup of the solidified iron. There is a consensus that it was a ladle gate failure.]
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| Debbie Matthews posted Dofasco Steel - Hamilton, ON. In the summer of 2007, Dofasco 416 locomotive pulls 2 loaded hot metal cars from the east side of Number 2 Blast Furnace. Note locomotive is operated by remote control. Jason Spears: Walked down that road many times going between #1 Byproducts and 2/3 BP. Debbie Matthews: Long walk from Gate 10 to #4 BF! |
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| Debbie Matthews posted Dofasco Steel, Hamilton, ON - Ore dock in the summer of 2000 Alistair LaForme: That clam is hauling. John W. Bousfield: Memories of changing buckets from ore to coal. |
Rick Guy Evans posted three photos with the comment: "In Hamilton, two steel companies dominate the harbour...this is the other, with Dofasco's iron ore dock with maintenance being done on the ore bridge."
John Keane: But only one produces any more . Stelco just does galvanizing now of outside sourced.
Mike Chechalk: John Keane all the steel that goes through our Z-line comes from LEW.
James Torgeson: Dofasco is one of the few places remaining where a straight-decker can be unloaded.
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| Rick Guy Evans posted "E" blast furnace sits idle; the last campaign was in '97. Its fate is still unknown. In its day, it produced 400+tons of molten iron in a cast. Mike Chechalk: She set a lot of company records. She had a great life. She gave us a lot of good times and many a bad nights. She made us do things to make sure she lived for another day. Rick Guy Evans: Mike Chechalk in the late '90s, I applied to the "Blower" position on "D" fce(now gone:( )...I spent time there and found that these fce were truly "alive", especially when one "slipped" (scared the beans out of me!) Everyone had to work together, as you were working on a bomb! Eventually, my boss would not release me to change departments. Philip Pickles: US Steal tried unsuccessfully to take our pension money but they did succeed in taking our orders and shutting down the blast furnace .. Larry Hildreth: Not 97, shut down for second (final) time in 2010. Mike Chechalk: Rick Guy Evans During the ‘91 reline stave cooling was installed and the plate cooling was removed. The bricking you refer to is a blow in lining so the stave don’t get damaged during the start up. The ‘97 reline was upgraded to many of the external components of the stoves, stave cooling system, gas cleaning and stock shed. There were also up grades to computer soft and hard ware. The system was also updated so operators could view the operations from other locations in Hilton Works. John Gregory Pittman: It’s being demolished it was the most advanced blast furnace in North America. PCI ( pulverized coke injection with oxygen injection ) Paul Worth top / automated shed / Radarokie Technology from Belgium to monitor the amount of material in furnace to estimate yield / slag popcorn maker a aggregate for cement . Very sad nation wrecking |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted Yet another view of Hilton Works "E" fce from the water. |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted The ironmaking side of Hilton works, with E furnace down and the coke ovens still operating. A crisp day in November, with Aldershot/Burlington in the background just across Hamilton Harbour. Taken from atop the Escarpment (what Hamiltonians refer to as "the mountain"!) John Keane: Soon to be demolished. Except for galvanize. And coke |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted The blue buildings comprise the Cold Rolling & Coating mills in Hilton Works. The tall green box-like tower is #3 Pickle line: 7 stories of vertical acid tower. The temper mill, 4-stand and galv line are one of a few of the mills that still operate in the Cold mill. In the background, is #3 Bloom mill. Mike Chechalk: Is that Acid Regen (Red Hill) in front of the mill. We on the west side of the plant called it Red HILL. Rick Guy Evans: Mike Chechalk to the extreme left(barely noticable)...we in the Pickle lines called it the red barn...horrible place to work, but boy did it make money! Adam Pereira: 3 b&b is owned by mana, they are currently tearing out the mill. Can’t forget Stelco just installed a new batch anneal line at the south end of their cold rolling 4 stand about 2 years ago. All decommissioned mills are being torn down. Joe Grazulis: Vertical acid tower? I wonder how that works. Rick Guy Evans: Joe Grazulis it works well as long as it is maintained with great care...acid is very unforgiving to steel! |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Rick's pickle post Found it. Because of the uniqueness of the pickled tower, I searched for this facility on the peninsula. Rick Guy Evans: Dennis DeBruler wow! I like this picture! Spent 26yrs in most of these buildings here! |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted Speaking of Mesta: 56" hot strip 1946 6-stand Hilton Works...this is my best pic of this moth-balled relic! Pat McCon: Back when there was an operator at every stand! Jeff Sherrill: This is a great picture. Now. In layman’s terms, please explain what goes on. Simple is better… Rick Guy Evans: Jeff Sherrill Oh boy...the short version: 1 1/4" thick steel strip enters 1st stand; is compressed and fed into #2 stand where is compressed more and pulled into #3 stand &is compressed again and pulled through faster until the 6th stand...strip can be about .075" to .057" (thereabouts) and comes out flying to the upcoiler to make a coil of strip. That's the simple explanation...but a lot of things are going on all at the same time. When I left this mill in 2000, it had already been upgraded to have only a couple of operators up in a pulpit, instead of a roller at each roll stand when it was new. Rick Guy Evans: Jeff Sherrill oh yeah: this pic shows #6 stand, which is the exit side of the travel of steel strip, so moving right to left. This is vintage 1933 mill stands: nuclear-proof! Jerry Lacy: Michael Ray Watkins is the slab still 8+inches thick when it goes into these stands or is there an intermediate process? Rick Guy Evans: Jerry Lacy yeah...the rougher, the 110" mill and an edger takes the slab down from about 8-9" to 1 1/4"...then into the coilbox , crop shear and then the 1st mill stand. Phil Jadlowiec: Hamilton Ontario Stelco ? Rick Guy Evans: Phil Jadlowiec yes sir! Dave Demharter: This is the exactly same rolling mill at our plant. (Allegheny Ludlum). Then they built a new mill and dismantled this one. Michael Watchorn: We had a 6 stand in Lorain rolled rounds and squares our stands were all made by united. Rick Guy Evans: Michael Watchorn yeah...United and Dominion were other mill-stand producers. |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted, cropped One of the trinkets (coaster) that Hilton Works handed out to all the plant workers when the Continuous Caster's first successful pour of first slab on Aug25,'87.(my 21st birthday and 10 yrs in Stelco!) Today [Nov 15, 2021], they are razing the caster to the ground: 34 years later. |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted Sadly, I have only one pic of Stelco's last two blast fces together: "E" on the left and "D" on the right. They are both gone now. |
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| Ryan Cranston commented on Rick's post [According to the comments, E was scheduled to come down Dec 8, 2021] Rick Guy Evans: Ryan Cranston Wow! Do you know the date D came down? Terry MacDougall: Rick Guy Evans "D" came down just after Stelco first went into bankruptcy protection. The market had turned around and there was a shortage of steel supply. I heard that Dofasco (not sure if it was still called Dofasco) wanted to rent and run "D". Stelco said no that we are tearing it down - this in bankruptcy protection and our wonderful government allowed the demolition to still happen."D" Furnace was in excellent condition, many, many years away from a reline. It was just banked and could have very easily been put ahead. "D" was the better furnace. "E" only out-produced it, due to having the ability to continuously cast, as "E" had two cast houses. "D" was designed with two cast houses in mind. It already possessed the second cast hole; if they'd have built the second cast house, "D" Furnace would have out-produced "E" Furnace again. BTW, just as an interesting point, and proof of God... I fell off of the top of "D" Furnace when I was much younger. We were packing the bleeders - Jay Joseph and myself. Jay was tapping a chisel, under the baked asbestos packing, while I was pulling on the packing. Jay had the chisel on a bad angle and cut through the packing that I was pulling on. I fell straight back over the side of the furnace - no safety harnesses used in those days. I was standing straight up when I went over. This is one of the things that saved me. Three levels down, the furnace widened out a bit, and my boot heal hit the handrail for the walkway. I slid down legs rubbing hard on the inside of the handrail onto the walkway. A sixteenth inch farther out, and the handrail would have slipped from the heal of my boot onto my boot sole, and I would have slipped to the outside of the handrail. The next stop would have been a smoldering red hot slag pit. This would not have been my preferred way of leaving this life! LOL When I climbed back up to the bleeder platform packing still in my hand, our Forman Gerry Boyd and Jay Joseph were still frozen and white in shock. I was the one, who fell and they were the ones, who were injured. It took me a while to get them to snap out of it. All they could see was me disappearing over the side of the furnace. Jay could not go back on top of the furnaces again. I don't think that he ever did. Me - no problem. LOL Harold L. Orr: What is the round tank? ShawnandDebby Arlow: Harold L. Orr I believe they are Grain storage for Bunge. [Parrish and Heimbecker, Limited] |
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| Rick Guy Evans posted A view of the skip hoist and dust catcher on "D" blast fce, circa '94/''95 at Hilton Works. |
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| Cody Lee commented on Rick's post For anybody not familiar with Stelco's furnace setup, a map. |
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| Cody Lee commented on Rick's post From a fly over this summer, 2021. Taken by me. |
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| Mike Schymkiw posted ALGOMARINE at Dofasco, Port of Hamilton, December 2010... |
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| Eliya Radusin posted One of the old pictures at Dofasco of our Open Hearth. |
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| Andy Puskas commented on a post My Dad as a Rougher at the 20" Mill at Stelco in Hamilton, Ontario. Did that job for 44 1/2 years. That picture of my Dad was taken in the '80's. No face protection, no hearing protection, no gloves. It was another world! |
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| Mike Schreiber posted Are blooms same as ingots? [No. Ingots used to be rolled into blooms in a blooming mill before they invented how to continuous cast blooms. "A typical cross-section of a bloom as 'square or slightly oblong mostly in the range of 6" by 6" to 12" x 12".'" Before continuous casting, blooms where then rolled into billets. Now, if the smaller cross sections of a billet is needed, they cast that cross-section instead of a bloom cross-section. At USS, at least, the difference between a bloom and a billet was 36 square inches. An ingot could also be rolled into a slab which could proceed to heavy plate or coiled strips.] Carl Jacobson: This photo is of the ingot mould being stripped off a drag of steel ingots.These are relatively small ingots and not too wide, they are probably going to be rolled into bars. They would have been reheated in a Soaking Pit and then rolled by a Blooming Mill. If the finished bar was 36 square inches on the end, it would be a Bloom. At the USS plant where I worked, the Bloom could continue on down the roller table without reheating and be rolled into smaller bars by another rolling process called a Billet Mill. The smaller bars, under 36 square inches on the end are called Billets. Many mills had to reheat the Blooms to roll them into Billets.Wider ingots would usually rolled by the Blooming Mill into slabs. Those slabs are technically also Blooms, because they are over 36 square inches on the end. Usually the slabs would be reheated and rolled into coils on a Hot Strip Mill. Lee Bradshaw: "bloom" is a size: Wire - narrow strip Rod - coil Bar - sheet Billet - sheet Bloom - slab Ingot I think 🤔 |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1940's - Coke Ovens at the Steel Company of Canada in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. I believe this photo shows a TOUR of visitors witnessing the process of making top-quality Metallurgical Coke required to make Iron in Stelco's Blast Furnaces ... Source: Steel Company of Canada. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1942 - Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton Ontario. Coke Ovens #2 Battery on the quench side. Over the years, Stelco had up to 7 Coke Batteries. #1 Battery was dismantled in 1953. #2 Battery was dismantled in 1951. Today, only #7 Battery remains. Source: Steel Company of Canada. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1942 - This archival image highlights Stelco's 110 Inch Plate Mill, where hydraulic cylinders ensure secure steel plate positioning during shearing. (Thank you, Helmut) William Harris: Last stop before heading for the scales & then the shipping floor. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1920's Steel Company of Canada - charging molten iron D Eric Davis shared Brian Bojin: Looks like a number one OH because of the low sills |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted No. 2 Open Hearth - Pouring side of a 180 Ton OH Furnace - Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton Works. Steve McQuade: Never seen 2 stopper rods in any ladle in #2 open hearth . This has to be 35 furnace in # 3 open hearth. Remember picking up those ladies ladles with the 525 crane. Brian Paul: Steve McQuade You are correct. The only 2 stopper ladles were only for 35 Furnace, I believe. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted This Stelco No. 3 Open Hearth photo was published in 'Stelco Flashes' in the 1971 Jan-Feb Issue. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1953 Stelco's New #3 Open Hearth, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Wayne Huggins: Is that #31,#32 & #33 furnaces? John Goodale: That would have been nice see when everything was nice and square and level. Nice picture. D Eric Davis shared Brian Bojin: Hard to tell but that looks like 34 furnace. Awesome picture |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1954 - Stelco's # 3 Open Hearth BEFORE pollution control precipitators were installed. D Eric Davis shared Peter Hess: The OH was using a wet scrubber to abate the particulate matter. |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted Not sure where I got this photo ... is that a double stopper? is this Stelco' Glen Graham: I think maybe #2 open hearth 3OH ladle Slag runners were on other side of ladle also only 35FCE ladles had 2 stoppers in 3OH and that’s no 35FCEs No. 3 Open Hearth? Your comments are MOST welcome ... [Several comments say #35. One comment says #3 open hearth.] Russ Marini: Glen Graham what’s the purpose of two stoppers? Control, flow, safety????? Mike Stephenson: Russ Marini empty the ladle quickly. Use to use double stopper at Dofasco Foundry when casting Rail locomotive frames. |
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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1955 - Stelco's #3 Open Hearth - teeming ingots - Compare this with the preceeding photo. D Eric Davis shared Bob Newman: It's so clean that must of been the first pour |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1920's - Steel Company of Canada - pouring ingots in No. 1 Open Hearth D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1931 Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton Works, No. 1 Open Hearth. This photo courtesy of Graham Carroll. D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted This is Hamilton, Ontario for sure - but is it Stelco or Dofasco? Source is Old Ontario Series. Your comments only make this page BETTER - thank you ... [The consensus is #2 OH in Stelco.] D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted No. 1 OR No. 2 Open Hearth at Stelco Hamilton? Which one is it? (From my friend Graham Carroll.) Steve McQuade: #2 OH 165 crane D Eric Davis shared |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1950's Stelco's # 3 Open Hearth - teeming ingots. Your comments or observations are ALWAYS most welcome ... (thanks Wayne) Bernard Parro: My only fear was a running stopper. Wayne Huggins: #3 OH ? I remember these Treadwell ladles, some made it to the BOF, I remember burning scrap from the C hooks and inside when they were being rebricked, also changing and rebuilding the harnesses that controlled the stopper. Kyle Olender: Looks like a high quality asbestos coat the guys are wearing. Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton: Kyle Olender there was LOTS of asbestos safety gloves, coats etc ... back when I started, Kyle ... D Eric Davis shared |
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| Comments on Eric's share This is the best explanation I have seen when they can't stop the flow of metal between ingot pours. |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton commented on Wayne's comment I believe you are correct, Wayne ... the proper date should be 1955 ... a very similar photo was published in Stelco Flashes in March 1955 ... Thank You! |
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| Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1939 - Stelco's # 2 Open Hearth - teeming ingots > your comments and / or observations are always most welcome ... Bryan Black: Operated both 20 & 27 in both #2 OH & BOF [Some comments talk about mechanical vs. hydraulic stoppers.] D Eric Davis shared |
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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted 1930's Stelco Open Hearth - your comments and / or observations are always most welcome ... D Eric Davis shared |
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| Wayne Huggins commented on on of the above posts Two of the pouring cranes from #2 OH were moved to the BOF when it was built in 1971, they were #20 & #27 cranes and were used for teeming ingots there. The photo is of #27 crane taken by me around 1976. |
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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted MORE Stelco Open Hearth photos D Eric Davis shared |
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Stelco Rod and Bar Hamilton posted MORE Stelco Open Hearth photos D Eric Davis shared Mark Adamcik: It looks like the ingot teeming track is standard gauge. |
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| Bryce Ford posted Got to take a picture of the G3 Marquis docked at Dofasco in Hamilton, ON being offloaded by their ore bridges. Offloading Iron ore most likely from Superior Wisconsin. Darryl Harper: This ship is primarily a grain carrier from Thunder Bay to the Gulf of St Lawrence. These flat decker grain carriers often back haul iron ore from the Gulf- think usually Quebec. As a consequence Hamilton is the only port with steel plants that can unload straight deckers. The Ryerson made trips there until 2009 when one of the blast furnaces closed. Self unloaders occasionally make trips to Hamilton with ore from Lake Superior lakehead ports. |
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D Eric Davis posted five photos of a mechanical press in National Steel Car which was owned by Dofasco in Hamilton, ON.
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(new window) This video consists of a bunch of close up scenes that don't mean much to me. But at 1:55 it shows the pusher shoving the contents of a camber to the other side. And at 2:25 it shows the door of a camber being closed. I can't believe they didn't show the coke coming out of a chamber and falling into the hot car. At 2:37 we see the coke in a hot car on the way to the quenching tower, and at 2:39 we see the steam coming out of the tower at the start of a quench
(new window) Skip the first minute, it is just intro. The #3 coke plant is at 6:30. (source)
(new window) This video consists of a bunch of close up scenes that don't mean much to me. But at 1:55 it shows the pusher shoving the contents of a camber to the other side. And at 2:25 it shows the door of a camber being closed. I can't believe they didn't show the coke coming out of a chamber and falling into the hot car. At 2:37 we see the coke in a hot car on the way to the quenching tower, and at 2:39 we see the steam coming out of the tower at the start of a quench
(new window) Skip the first minute, it is just intro. The #3 coke plant is at 6:30. (source)
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I chose this view because we can still see the dock side equipment. Notice the unloading boom has already moved towards the unloading position.
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| 5:49 video @ 2:17 EDWIN H. GOTT - ARRIVAL /TACONITE OFFLOAD - NANTICOKE, ONTARIO (MAY 25/2021) |
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| This safe_image is around 4:53 |
A 0:32 video overview from someplace high. Unfortunately, it is in profile format.
Steve Hinds: I'm guessing the top of #6 Battery waste heat stack.
7 1990s photos of "D" BF (Taken with a junk disposable camera so that he would not loose his good camera if caught.)