November 1942. Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corp., Detroit. Coal pusher apparatus with coal storage building seen in the fog which constantly hangs over the plant. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Arthur Siegel.
The machine in the picture is actually a coke pusher. The coke ovens are in its front and it pushed the coke out of the oven. I ran one of these as a young steelworker.
Submitted by George F on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 1:52pm.
Just like Jack Delano was as well with RR picts. Thanks Dave. And a really big great thank you for this wonderful photo blog, how did you get it started and when?
Submitted by George F on Wed, 07/11/2007 - 1:46pm.
Another terrific pict, I love these of heavy industry which is almost gone today.How many photos did A Siegel take of steel mills? and he was lucky to be able to during WWII, I would think it would be off limits to take photos of steel mills during the war.
[He was working for the Office of War Information. - Dave]
