Description: #1 Ore Bridge showing position of ore bridge after demolition. Note portion of bridge standing on end and shear legs laying across blast furnace trestle. At US Steel Ohio Works Youngstown, Ohio. Photograph showing the position of Ore Bridge No. 1 after demolition. Part of structure standing on end, with shear legs laying across the trestles headed toward blast furnace. US Steel-Ohio Works, Youngstown, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B06F341_001.tif;AC2_YHCIL_MSS0009_B06F341_001
Subjects: Ore Bridge; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies; Blast furnaces--Design and construction; Steel industry and trade--Youngstown (Ohio); Blast furnaces--United States; Blast Furnace--Ohio; United States Steel Corporation; Demolition
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 8"" by 10"" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) photograph depicts the demolition of U.S. Steel blast furnaces in 1984, which defined the end of an era in Youngstown. For much of its history, U.S. Steel was the leading steel manufacturer in the world, yet the Ohio Works and McDonald Mills were closed in 1980 due to financial difficulties. Efforts were made to reopen the mills as worker-owned facilities, which led to a lawsuit aimed at halting demolition of the plant. The case was lost and the Ohio Works were razed soon afterwards. In 1986 U.S. Steel reorganized and was renamed USX Corporation. Steel production now comprises about 25% of its operations. Financier John Pierpont Morgan formed the United States Steel Company in 1901. It comprised 8 major companies among which were American Tin Plate Company, American Steel and Wire Company, National Tube Company, American Steel Sheet Company, Carnegie Company, Federal Steel Company and National Steel Company. The company purchased the Youngstown plant of the Ohio Steel Company, which had been founded in 1892 and bought by the National Steel Company a few years later. The plant was renamed the Ohio Works in 1950. The Upper Union Mills have also changed hands numerous times. The mill was consolidated with Youngstown Iron Company and run as the Union Iron & Steel Company in 1892. In 1899 the Lower Union and Upper Union Mills were sold to National Steel Company, and operated under name of American Steel Hoop Company. These were later sold to Carnegie Steel Company, which became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. The McDonald mills were constructed during World War I. The town of McDonald was constructed at the same time as the plant to house the workers and their families. A new company called McDonald Steel reopened part of the McDonald Mills, making specialty steel shapes for bridges and truck tire rims. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1638_1867290_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Furnaces; United States Steel Corporation; Demolition
Places: Hubbard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F07_001
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F07_002
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F07_003
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F07_004
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F07_005
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken during the demolition of the third Zanesville Y-Bridge, 1900. In 1812 a charter was granted to Moses Dillon and others to construct a toll bridge that spanned the confluence of the Licking and Muskingum Rivers, connecting Zanesville with Natchez and West Zanesville. A walled, oak-planked bridge with a central pier where the forks of a "Y" met was opened to the public in 1814. A makeshift structure, this first bridge (1814-1818) needed constant repair and collapsed into the river in 1818. A second bridge (1819-1832) was built on the same site of stronger construction, but was condemned thirteen years later when twelve-inch-thick ice in the river weakened the superstructure. During renovation work in 1832, a section of the bridge collapsed, killing three men, one of whom was Ebenezer Buckingham, an owner of the bridge. The third Y-Bridge (1832-1900) stood until 1900 when it was demolished. On January 4, 1902, the fourth Y-Bridge (1902-1979) was opened for foot passengers, and ten days later, for streetcars and wagons. In 1979, the fourth bridge was judged unsafe, and the fifth and current bridge opened on November 9, 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P259_B01F07_006
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Licking River (Ohio); Bridges; National Register of Historic Places; Demolition
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of demolition underway at the Fireproof Warehouse & Storage building in Columbus, Ohio. The work was done by employees of the C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Company. Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV76_B01_F01_002_01
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Construction industry--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Demolition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of demolition underway at an unidentified building in Columbus, Ohio. The work was done by employees of the C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Company. Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV76_B01_F01_005_01
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Construction industry--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Demolition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the demolition of the Smith Building on High Street in Columbus, Ohio. The caption on the back reads "Wrecking Smith Bldg on High St across from Chittenden Hotel." The stamp on the front reads: "C. W. Bryant Jr. Co. House Movers, Columbus, Ohio." Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV76_B01_F01_004_01
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Construction industry--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Demolition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of demolition underway at an unidentified building in Columbus, Ohio. The work was done by employees of the C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Company. Charles William Bryant Jr. was born in Dayton in 1882, and from his start as a farmhand with a 3rd grade education would go on to become a prominent African American businessman, self-taught engineer, and owner of one of Columbus’ largest construction firms. The C. W. Bryant Rigging & Moving Co. was involved in major projects throughout Columbus, including the construction of a temporary Broad Street bridge following the 1913 flood, the removal of lighting arcs from High Street, and dismantling Hanford Village in 1962 for the construction of I-71. Bryant faced racial discrimination in his personal and professional life, including the refusal of local steelworkers’ unions to admit Bryant’s black employees, which forced Bryant Co. out of steel construction in the 1950s. He nonetheless expanded into other areas, including ownership of Bryco gas stations, a coal and oil company, the Litchford and Macon hotels, and the Ohio Malt Beverage Co.-the first African American distributor in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV76_B01_F01_001
Subjects: African Americans--Ohio; Bryant, Charles William, Jr. (1882-1964); Construction industry--Ohio; Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Demolition;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)