It looks like US Steel went up river for more land and built just a rolling mill here. Comments on this post explain that the hot mill is from 1938 and that it is still pumping out hot bands. It is the 2nd oldest still operating in the world. (The oldest is believed to be in Siberia.) This post also taught me that Blaw-Knox was an alternative to Mesta for steel mill equipment.
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| David Sinclair posted Howard Fogg painted industrial scenes as well as railroad scenes. This is the Irvin Works of United States Steel Corp. There is a rail yard on the right side of the picture. James Torgeson shared Irvin Works. Dennis Halszynski: At the time the second most amount of earth moved except for the Panama Canal. William Hadfield: Still the same retired from Irvin in 2013. Blaine Michael Brooks: CA line isn’t there yet and the building isn’t sitting in the GOB lot anymore. |
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| Sam Hall commented on James' share My grandmother painted this in the 70's, I beleive it would have been LTV steel at the time. Its Cliffs now, here in Cleveland OH. |
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| Dennis Shannon posted USS IRVIN WORKS POST CARD WAY BACK WHEN 1950’s. |
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| Bradley A. Lacko posted Irvin Works from the East looking West Another one from my post card collection 😁 Len Ferek: Should be from the north looking south |
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| Group participant posted Overviews of Irvin and Clairton. 12 x 48 |
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| Phil Jadlowiec posted Irvin Works Steel Mill Loc: Dravosburg (near Pittsburgh) "The Mill on the Hill" - this mill, the largest sheet and tin producing unit in the world, began operations in 1938. It is capable of producing 600,000 gross tons of steel yearly. 51 1/2 acres are covered by its roofs." Vincent Maiolo: It is in West MIfflin They gave General Motors the land across the street which was called Fisher Body .In turn they bought the sheets of steel to make doors and roofs for cars and mini vans. James Torgeson: Vincent Maiolo Argonaut Realty, GM’s real estate arm, purchased the land postwar for the Fisher Body stamping plant. Its location near Irvin was once important, but became irrelevant as the mill no longer made automotive sheet in later years. Frank Jacobs III posted "The Mill on the Hill." Irvin Works, near Pittsburgh. PaulaandBob Cesario: Still working here |
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| Jerry Billak posted United States steel Irvin works Joe Bernadette Strelecki: 64 Pickle Line 2000-2016, more that enough. Jeff Bedont: Worked at E.T. Always called Irvin Works the “the country club”. Richard Shirey: Hi E Roy Ward, in the mid to late 1980's while driving for Aero Trucking out of Murrysville, I hauled a lot of steel coils out of that plant. The thing that surprised me was, we hauled Coils from Weirton Steel to Fisher Body that was next door to the Irvin Works. Must have required a different grade of steel for the GM body parts? Robert Smith: E Roy Ward our coils weren’t wide enough they used 84” wide coils out at best ours were 72” but mostly 64 “ wide. Vinnie Opdyke: Great view. You can even see the old U.S. Steel Tower (presently UPMC) downtown Pittsburgh out in the distance. James Torgeson: Vinnie Opdyke Still the US Steel Tower as USS retains the naming rights! Keith Lowery: I started working there in 1972 in the Tin Mill. The Tin division shutdown in 1984. |
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| Bob Clementi posted Hot strip mill, pretty sure this is Irvin. Photo credit, Walter Eisaman Visual Perceptions Inc. Joe Conti: That's definitely the 80" HSM. It's an older picture thought cause that little pulpit by the finishing mills is long long gone Colin Connelly: Still has the mesta stamp on it that's real old Robert Meyer: Colin Connelly It is old, 1938. Mesta built the 110" Plate Mill at Burns Harbor that began production in 1978. Maybe the last rolling mill made by Mesta? Brian Olson: Robert Meyer Pretty much. Larry Ridenour: leaving the rougher, heading to the 6 stand |
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| Dwayne Hill posted, cropped Pickled [After digging through the comments, I believe this is the #1 bander of the 84" pickle line in the Irvin Works.] |
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| Dan Plute commented on Dwayne's post Ma Beth Seattle 32 inch mill. |
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| Mel Stewart commented on Dwayne's post |
Anthony Cominotti posted 14 photos with the comment: "Irvin Works."
Mike Schmidt: The Country Club.
Vincent Ross: Mike Schmidt yep. That's what they called it.
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It was served by Union Railroad, which I think was owned by US Steel. The photos make it look like they removed the top of a mountain to make the land for the mill.
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| 1953/55 Glassport Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Jacob H. Ford Photography posted Here's a shot I took last weekend, of a towboat, the Megan Ames traveling up the river, from near the old "Paule's Lookout" location, looking out over the valley. I shared a similar image from this same location last week, of just this towboat in a tighter frame traveling under the Mansfield Bridge, but this shot also includes U.S. Steel Irvin Works in West Mifflin, farther up the valley on the other side of Dravosburg. This shot has the perfect mix of industry, nature, and everything that the Mon Valley is known for, all in one frame. Enjoy! Photo taken: March 15, 2025 📸: Jacob H. Ford Photography— in West Mifflin, PA. |
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