Texas had iron ore deposits that were used as early as 1855. "In 1941 and 1942, Sheffield Steel of Texas, a division of ARMCO (the American Rolling Mill Company), built a steel mill on the Houston Ship Channel that used scrap metal. Two years later Sheffield expanded these facilities into an integrated steel mill with open-hearth furnaces, coke ovens, a blooming mill, a plate mill, and a blast furnace. The plant subsequently used Texas and Mexican ores to make pig iron." [tshaonline-iron&steel] Actually, the Defense Plant Corp. built the plant, but Sheffield Steel operated it. Armco bought it in 1956. It shutdown in 1983. [upi]
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| Blair Pittman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons and National Archives |
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| Raymond Boothe posted Armco Steel Corporation-Houston, Texas Works-Oct 22, 1965: View of Blast Furnace No. 1 Armco photo/Dr. Raymond Boothe collection). |
I found this location by going upstream along the Ship Channel. The top photo and a satellite image confirms the location.
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| 1955 Jacinto City and Pasadena Quads @ 1:24,000 |
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