Unfortunately, the account for their official web site has been suspended! Here is a photo that Google snarfed while the account still worked.
It is a shame that the account doesn't work now because it looks like they show a lot of applications of their stainless steel plate.
Larry's comment is what taught me about this plant.
Bob Ciminel posted Homestead Works plate leveler. Larry Bledsoe: We have one about like it still in use at New Castle Stainless, IN. |
Brian Olson commented on Bob's post Here is a different perspective after it closed. |
"New Castle Stainless Plate, LLC. provides specialty and standard grades of stainless steel plate in some of the widest, thickest, and longest dimensions in Nort... Read More" [zoominfo, I hit an "install their software" barrier.] All of the other search result links I tried were even less useful except that the current company bought the plant from a Finland company in 2017. [ModernMetals]
The railroad that used to go by this plant was the Big Four (NYC on the topo map).
1949 New Castle West and 1950 New Castle East Quads @ 1:24,000 |
The railroad is abandoned because the crossbucks for this crossing have been removed. I've seen crossings in Indiana for unused railroads that not only still have crossbucks, they don't have "exempt" signs on them.
Why would they put new asphalt in one lane but leave the other lane with a very rough surface?
Street View, Sep 2021 |
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