Tuesday, June 11, 2024

West Aliquippa, PA: Vulcan Crucible Steel

(HAER; Satellite, part of the land is now used by United States Gypsum.)

David Holoweiko posted
1950 Vulcan Crucible Steel West Aliquippa PA .
Mark Gush: Did this turn into J&L steel?
AmyDoug Fam: When did they shut down?
Dennis DeBruler: AmyDoug Fam The first time it closed was 1981. https://tile.loc.gov/.../pa2700/pa2799/data/pa2799data.pdf, p4

Dennis DeBruler commented on Mark's comment
J&L was just south of Crucible Steel (https://tile.loc.gov/.../pa2700/pa2799/data/pa2799data.pdf, p3), but I have not been able to determine where the boundary was. I included the high school to help correlate these 1950s maps with today's satellite images.

HAER PA,4-WEALI,1-
3. OVERALL FRONTAL VIEW NORTH, SOUTH FACADES OF BUILDINGS 2 AND 3, RIGHT TO LEFT. NO. 2 HAS AN ALIQUIPPA FORGE SIGN. NO 3 IS THE DOUBLE BUILDING TO THE LEFT. - Vulcan Crucible Steel Company, 100 First Street, Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA Photos from Survey HAER PA-278

Crucible Steel rolled uranium rods to control nuclear reactors. The site has been remediated. [energy]

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