Description: Employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, posed with the company's Youngstown fleet of Ford trucks, 1927. The East Ohio Gas Company warehouse and garage in Youngstown, Ohio were located at 1134-1148 W. Rayen Avenue at the Thurman Street intersection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00689
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Five 8.5" by 11" (21.6 by 27.9 cm) images were taken during the 1916 strike in East Youngstown, later renamed Campbell, Ohio. National Guard troops are visible in the first three images, as is the damage caused the fires set during the strike, which are seen in the last two images. On December 28, 1915, five hundred workers at the Republic Iron and Steel Company's tube mill in Youngstown walked off their jobs. Urged on by members of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) and other labor organizers the steelworkers demanded higher wages from their company which had increased production due to the war in Europe. The strike quickly spread to other Republic Iron and Steel departments, as well as to other steel companies, and soon 16,000 area steelworkers were on strike. In response to the strike the steel companies hired armed guards to protect the mills and the employees who remained on the job. Confrontations soon erupted between the company guards and the striking steelworkers, culminating on January 7, 1916 when company guards at Youngstown Sheet & Tube's East Youngstown mill opened fire on a crowd of picketers. The crowd responded by rioting and burned much of East Youngstown's business district. The next day 2,100 National Guard troops arrived and restored order but not before three people had died and 125 were injured. The arrival of the National Guard as well as offers of increased wages by the steel companies convinced most of the striking workers to return to their jobs. Within a week of the riots the mills were once again operating near full capacity. The 1916 strike not only led to increased wages but also persuaded the steel companies to take more interest in their employees' welfare. Believing that the foreign-born employees had been controlled by the I.W.W. during the strike, the steel companies organized Americanization classes. The companies also noticed the poor housing and living conditions that many steelworkers faced and so undertook construction projects. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1628_1919884_003
Subjects: Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Steel industry; Soldiers; Strikes; Fires
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 4"" by 6.5"" (10.16 by 16.5 cm) photograph was taken at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company in East Youngstown. The city was later renamed Campbell and the mill became the Campbell Works of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. This image documents the extent and damage from the Mahoning River flood of March 1913. In late March of 1913, an unusually heavy rainstorm moved into Ohio. It rained steadily for five days and the streams all over Ohio rose rapidly. By the third day of the downpour, levees were overtopped and many towns suffered disastrous flooding. Great fires that raged unchecked added to the destruction and the loss of life. When the flood waters receded, tons of mud and debris covered the streets, homes, businesses and factories. The death toll stood at 361. Property damages were well over $100,000,000 and 65,000 were forced to temporarily leave their homes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1639_1867296_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Climate and Weather; Floods; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Mahoning River (Ohio and Pa.)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts the last high school class at Penhale High in East Youngstown (Campbell), Ohio, 1925. Located above Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, the school was constructed in 1919 during a prolonged steel strike and many idle steelworkers assisted in its construction. Originally serving as Mahoning County's first junior high school, Penhale was converted to a junior-senior high school in 1922. In September 1925, a new high school opened in East Youngstown and Penhale became an elementary school. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05570
Subjects: Campbell (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Students--Ohio; School photography; Schools--Ohio;
Places: East Youngstown (Ohio); Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employee of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, reading the gas meter at a private home, 1961. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00686
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: 100th Anniversary logo of the East Ohio Gas Company with the slogan, A Century of Service. The East Ohio Gas Company was incorporated on September 8, 1898 and celebrated their centennial in 1998. In 2000 the company was purchased by Dominion Resources and is now known as Dominion East Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00687
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Damage caused by an explosion at the East Ohio Gas Companys #2 Works, Liquefaction Storage Facility in Cleveland, Ohio on October 20, 1944. The explosion, caused by a gas leak, sparked fires that burned 160 acres of businesses and neighborhoods in Cleveland. Over 100 people were killed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00688
Subjects: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, installing Transmission Pipeline #12, 1955. This 112 mile pipeline carried natural gas from Maumee, Ohio to the Cleveland area. This photograph appeared in the September/October 1955 edition of the East Ohio News, a magazine for employees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00690
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
 

Description: Roy Hassell, employee of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, testing gauges in the Pressure Department using portable gas tanks. Pressure in gas lines was consistently monitored. This photograph was used in the Spring 1960 edition of the employee magazine, the East Ohio Bulletin. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00691
Subjects: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: The United States flag being raised at the dedication ceremony and open house celebrating the opening of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, headquarters. This building, constructed between 1958 and 1959, is located at the corner of E. Ninth Street and Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00696
Subjects: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of photograph depicting employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, laying one the company's first pipelines for transporting natural gas to the Cleveland, Ohio area, ca. 1900. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00697
Subjects: Cuyahoga County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, laying transmission pipeline that carried natural gas from the source to processing, storage and distribution facilities, ca. 1940 - 1960. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00681
Subjects: Gas industry--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business