Description: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor Works standing on the shores of Lake Michigan in East Chicago, Indiana, ca. 1920-1929. James A. Campbell purchased the Indiana Harbor Works in 1923 as part of an expansion of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. In 1930, Campbell would use Indiana Harbor as a bargaining tool during the merger talks with Bethlehem Steel, emphasizing the Midwest market that Bethlehem Steel would have access to through the Indiana Harbor Works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05580
Subjects: Steel industry and trade--Indiana; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: East Chicago (Indiana); Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior photograph taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, which was established in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1900. Starting with capital of $600,000, the company became one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world. The Briar Hill Steel Company of Youngstown was purchased in 1923, along with The Steel and Tube Company of America in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, Indiana, making it the fifth-largest steel manufacturer in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F07_013_1
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company; Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Factories
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, artfully depicts the railroad tracks located at the plant and a close-up of one rail car. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F24_015
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Railroad
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts crushed limestone in the foreground and cranes in the background. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F25_002
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Limestone
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts a semi-enclosed structure. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F24_009
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts piles of crushed limestone in the foreground and the plant in the distance. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F25_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Limestone
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts railroad tracks running through the plant. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F24_014
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Railroad
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, appears to depict racks of some sort in a partially indoor setting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F67_017
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Coke plants
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts a pile of coal to the right of the image and a coal bridge in the center. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F67_016
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Coke plants
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, take at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts a tall building surrounded by several large tanks and single-story mill buildings. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F67_014
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Coke plants
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph, taken at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works coke plant, depicts smokestacks, Youngstown Sheet and Tube railroad cars, and a Steel & Tube Company of America railroad car. Coke plants produce coke from coal so that it can be used as a fuel in a blast furnace. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B04F67_009
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Coke plants; Railroad cars
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a blooming mill at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works. Blooming mills roll ingots into blooms, which are bar products with a large square or round cross-section. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F32_005
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)