Steel alloy manufacture. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. Refined alloy steel in the electric furnace, ready for casting into ingots. The slag layer on top of the molten steel prevents the hot steel from oxidizing, thereby preserving its high quality. This is an operation that has rarely been photographed
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 227.
Tags
pennsylvania
allegheny county
brackenridge
safety film negatives
alfred t palmer
united states office for emergency management
photo
steel
allegheny ludlum steel corporation
steel alloy
alloy steel
slag layer
office of war information
farm security administration
industrial history
industrial facilities
library of congress
Date
01/01/1940
Location
allegheny county
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain