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River of Fire: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/05/2008 - 3:29pm.
November 1941. "Slag runoff from one of the open-hearth furnaces at Republic Steel in Youngstown, Ohio. Slag is drawn off the furnace just before the molten steel is poured into ladles for ingotting." View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office of War Information.
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Submitted by tractor57 on Thu, 11/12/2009 - 9:00am.
Can anyone direct me to more Steel Mill photos on Shorpy?
[Use the Search box at the top of the page. - Dave]
Light of the mills.
Submitted by Bill Hoffman on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 10:49pm.
I grew up on the near north side of Youngstown and during WWII we could read our comic books on my front porch by the light of the furnaces. It was a great place in the 1940s and 50s.
Youngstown, OH
Submitted by Alaina on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 12:58am.
A friend just introduced me to this blog and I was so excited to see this picture. My grandfather worked at this steel mill. He probably didn't get there until the 50s, but I'm sure it looked the same.
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