Saturday, January 28, 2023

Apollo, PA: 1912-1947 Apollo Steel - first sheet mill driven by electricity

Mill: (Satellite)
Plutonium Lab: (Satellite [cdc, p24])

Chuck Half posted six images with the comment: "Apollo Steel 1912 -1947 was started by my grandfather as the first sheet mill driven by electricity. This article describes a 1922 expansion in extensive technical detail. I enlarged the pic of the GE 1,800 hp motor. Plant capacity grew to 120,000 tons of cold rolled, galvanized,  and blue annealed sheets up to 60 inches wide."
Sam Burkett: Is this where the old Numec was?
Chuck Half: Sam Burkett Yes, bringing to that site health issues....
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Chuck's post
It appears that the mills were on this brownland:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5861373,-79.5690816,986m/data=!3m1!1e3
Apr 3, 1969 @ 16,000, AR1VBZB00010015
And the plutonium lab was on this brownland:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6257348,-79.5867786,498m/data=!3m1!1e3

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