Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this aerial photograph shows the American Steel and Wire Company plant in the foreground, and the urban sprawl of Cleveland, the Terminal Tower and downtown Cleveland, and Lake Erie in the background. American Steel & Wire Company was founded around 1899 by Elbert Henry Gary, who purchased several competing barbed wire companies in order to limit competition and drive up prices. In 1901, American Steel and Wire became a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Company. Their main Cleveland facilities were American Works, Central Furnaces and Dock and Newburgh Works. In 1924, the division’s national headquarters moved to the Rockefeller Building in Cleveland. Starting in the 1940s, renovations begun to modernized the old building, which dated to 1857 with the founding of Jones & Company in Newburgh Township, a suburb south of Cleveland. The American Steel & Wire division of U.S. Steel dissolved in 1964 and the Cleveland offices moved to Pittsburgh. In 1986, American Steel & Wire Corporation purchased the Cuyahoga Works (same location, but a consolidated version of the aforementioned facilities). This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F02_007_001
Subjects: American Steel & Wire Co.; American Steel and Wire Company; United States Steel Corporation. American Steel & Wire Division; U.S. Steel Corporation
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1930-1939, this photograph shows an American Steel & Wire Company worker preparing for the fence-wrapping machine. American Steel & Wire Company was founded around 1899 by Elbert Henry Gary, who purchased several competing barbed wire companies in order to limit competition and drive up prices. In 1901, American Steel and Wire became a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Company. Their main Cleveland facilities were American Works, Central Furnaces and Dock and Newburgh Works. In 1924, the division’s national headquarters moved to the Rockefeller Building in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the 1940s, renovations began to modernized the old building, which dated to 1857 with the founding of Jones & Company in Newburgh Township, a suburb south of Cleveland. The American Steel & Wire division of U.S. Steel dissolved in 1964 and the Cleveland offices moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1986, the American Steel & Wire Corporation purchased the Cuyahoga Works (same location, but a consolidated version of the aforementioned facilities). This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_025_001
Subjects: American Steel and Wire Company; U.S. Steel Corporation; Steel-works--Ohio; Employees
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Large crane at American Steel and Wire Mill, Eastern Ave." Elbert Henry Gary created the American Steel and Wire Company in 1899. In 1901, the U.S. Steel Corporation purchased the American Steel and Wire Company and operated the company as one of its subsidiaries. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F12_010_001
Subjects: Shipping--Ohio River; Cranes, derricks, etc.; American Steel & Wire Co.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: " Charing machine at Cleveland Coke Works of American Steel & Wire Co., U. S. Steel Corp. subsidiary, in process of charing a battery of coke ovens. Received from Washington 4-10-39. Copied 6-6-39." A charing machine is pictured at Cleveland Coke Works. Based in Cleveland, the U.S. Steel Corp. was founded in 1857 by the Jones & Co. and was a large producer of steel and wire products. It was in 1901 that American Steel and Wire Co. became its subsidiary. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B04F11_43_01
Subjects: American Steel & Wire Co.; United States Steel Corporation; Machinery
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of 'D' furnace at the American Steel and Wire Company of Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F126_001
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; William B. Pollock Company; American Steel and Wire Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of 'D' furnace central furnaces at the American Steel and Wire Company Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F126_002
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; William B. Pollock Company; American Steel and Wire Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the top of a blast furnace at the American Steel and Wire Company Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F126_004
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; William B. Pollock Company; American Steel and Wire Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of 'D' Furnace at the American steel and wire Company Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0031_B12F126_005
Subjects: Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; William B. Pollock Company; American Steel and Wire Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the American Can Company Building in Los Angeles, California. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the construction of this building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F51_011
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; American Can Company
Places: Los Angeles (California)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the interior of the American Thread Company in Dalton, Georgia. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the construction of this bulding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F49_010
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; American Thread Company
Places: Dalton (Georgia)
 

Description: This photograph depicts the American Thread Company in Dalton, Georgia. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in the construction of this bulding. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F49_011
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; American Thread Company
Places: Dalton (Georgia)
 

Description: Print made from glass plate negative of an African American employee operating a grinding machine at the Buckeye Steel Castings Company in Columbus, Ohio, 1919. The Buckeye Steel Castings Company mainly produced railroad couplers, and was presided over at the time by Columbus industrialist Samuel P. Bush. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03340
Subjects: Buckeye Steel Castings Company (Columbus, Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans; Business and Labor; Employees
Places: Columbus (Ohio)