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Pittsburgh's Jones and Laughlin Steel
Works in 1967.
Iron and steel were Pittsburgh's main
industries for nearly a century and a half. The mills along the rivers churned
out their products 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It can be said that steel
from Pittsburgh mills practically built America. From the Empire State Building
to the Golden Gate Bridge, steel from Pittsburgh found its way to all corners of
the developing nation.
 
 
 
The Jones and Laughlin works light up the night
on Pittsburgh's South Side in 1946.
 
 
 
For an informative look
into the history of the steel industry
in Western Pennsylvania, visit explorepahistory.com.
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The sprawling Carnegie Steel Homestead Works
in 1910.
 
The Lucy Furnace at the Carnegie Steel Duquesne Works
(left) and the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock.
 
The Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
complex along the Monongahela River and the Eliza Furnace.
The Carrie Furnace along the Monongahela River
in Swissvale, part of the Carnegie Homestead Works, in 1959.
During its peak, the site produced 9,000 tons of iron per day.
Vintage Postcards Featuring
Pittsburgh Area Steel Mills
The Edgar Thomson Works
in Braddock were one of the many steel
firms in operation along the Monongahela River.
 
The Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock (left) and
the Carnegie Works in Homestead.
 
Entrance to Carnegie Steel Homestead Works (left)
and the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock.
Carnegie Steel's Homestead Works were the
largest steel plant in the United States. The mills
were sold by Andrew Carnegie to United States Steel, and operated until the 1970s.
The land once occupied by the Homestead Works is now home to the
Waterfront, a residential and commercial development.
 
Some called it "Hell With The Lid Off" as the
mills glowed fiery red in the evening.
 
Entrance to Carnegie Steel Homestead Works (left)
and the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock.
The Carrie Furnace at the Carnegie Steel Homestead
Works
 
Jones and Laughlin Steel on the Southside
of Pittsburgh lights up the nights sky.
 
Jones and Laughlin Steel (left)
and the Crucible Steel Works in Midland.
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