Description: Typed on the reverse reads: "Code - F 36; Class - Industry; Ident - Old Iron Furnace; Location - Hanging Rock Region along Ohio River, Lawrence Co." Handwritten on the reverse: "Hecla Furnace" Photograph depicting the Hecla Furnace, including the cast house, stack bridge loft, stock shed, charcoal shed, roads and shops. This photograph appears to be similar to those taken between 1865 and 1877. Hecla Furnace, located just east of what would eventually become Ironton, was erected in 1833 by Hamilton and McCoy. The cold blast furnace was for many years, one of the most famous in the country. The pig iron produced here was used was considered high quality and during the Civil War, every ton of Hecla iron was used for casting heavy ordnance and field guns, such as the famous “Swamp Angel”. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F05_001_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Blast furnaces--United States; Pig-iron; Hecla Mining
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "The Globe Iron Co, the largest manufacturers of Hi-Scilicon Iron in the U.S. They employ 200." This is an external view of the The Globe Iron Company buildings in Jackson, Ohio. Globe Furnace was founded in 1872, near the present day intersection of Main and South Streets, in Jackson, Ohio by Captain Lewis Davis. In 1873 the company merged with the local Fulton Furnace Company and renamed as Globe Iron Company. A chance discovery was made around 1887 of silvery pig iron, an alloy of iron, manganese and silicon. It was found that this alloy was useful in many different applications and became so successful that they paid all their debts and eventually began making improvements to the facilities, both in 1901 and 1912. A new blast furnace was erected in 1929, but with the onset of the Depression, the company experienced a downturn in sales which lasted until World War II, when the demand for pig iron greatly increased. In 1956, Globe merged with Interlake Iron Corporation. On September 4, 1960 a large explosion shook the iron plant with damage so widespread that the blast furnace never reopened. By the late 1960s, the plant had been leveled and the Jackson Square Shopping Center built on the land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_007_1
Subjects: Iron industry and trade--Ohio; Jackson County (Ohio)--History; Industries--Ohio; Pig-iron; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Interlake Iron Corporation." The Interlake Iron Corporation Plant, on Front Street in Toledo, Ohio was built in 1902 by Pickands Mather of the Toledo Furnace Company and was designed to be the most modern pig iron plant in the world. This plant was purchased from Toledo Furnace Company in 1929 by the By Products Corporation, and, the company having acquired several other properties as well, decide to rename itself Interlake Iron Corporation. Though successful for quite awhile, by 1978 Interlake decided to take a write-off for closing the plant in Toledo, as it had exhausted its useful life. By 1986, most of the plant had been dismantled or demolished, and by 1997 it had been completely torn down. The city of Toledo purchased the land and around 2005 extensively excavated and cleaned the site and surrounding area to make way for improvements along Front Street. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F01_011_001
Subjects: Pig-iron; Iron foundries--United States; Industries--Ohio--Toledo
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Globe Iron Co., Jackson, Ohio. District 6." Globe Furnace was founded in 1872, near the present day intersection of Main and South Streets, in Jackson, Ohio by Captain Lewis Davis. In 1873 the company merged with the local Fulton Furnace Company and renamed as Globe Iron Company. A chance discovery was made around 1887 of silvery pig iron, an alloy of iron, manganese and silicon. It was found that this alloy was useful in many different applications and became so successful that they paid all their debts and eventually began making improvements to the facilities, both in 1901 and 1912. A new blast furnace was erected in 1929, but with the onset of the Depression, the company experiences a downturn in sales which lasted until World War II, when the demand for pig iron greatly increased. In 1956, Globe merged with Interlake Iron Corporation. On September 4, 1960 a large explosion shook the iron plant with damage so widespread that the blast furnace never reopened. By the late 1960s, the plant had been leveled and the Jackson Square Shopping Center built on the land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_004_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Pig-iron
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Globe Iron Co. Jackson, Ohio. District 6 files." Globe Furnace was founded in 1872, near the present day intersection of Main and South Streets, in Jackson, Ohio by Captain Lewis Davis. In 1873 the company merged with the local Fulton Furnace Company and renamed as Globe Iron Company. A chance discovery was made around 1887 of silvery pig iron, an alloy of iron, manganese and silicon. It was found that this alloy was useful in many different applications and became so successful that they paid all their debts and eventually began making improvements to the facilities, both in 1901 and 1912. A new blast furnace was erected in 1929, but with the onset of the Depression, the company experiences a downturn in sales which lasted until World War II, when the demand for pig iron greatly increased. In 1956, Globe merged with Interlake Iron Corporation. On September 4, 1960 a large explosion shook the iron plant with damage so widespread that the blast furnace never reopened. By the late 1960s, the plant had been leveled and the Jackson Square Shopping Center built on the land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_010_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Pig-iron
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts pig iron piled at a bessemer plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F10_009
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Pig-iron; Steel industry
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Globe Furnace. Main Street. Jackson, Ohio. District 3. District 6 files." Globe Furnace was founded in 1872, near the present day intersection of Main and South Streets, in Jackson, Ohio by Captain Lewis Davis. In 1873 the company merged with the local Fulton Furnace Company and renamed as Globe Iron Company. A chance discovery was made around 1887 of silvery pig iron, an alloy of iron, manganese and silicon. It was found that this alloy was useful in many different applications and became so successful that they paid all their debts and eventually began making improvements to the facilities, both in 1901 and 1912. A new blast furnace was erected in 1929, but with the onset of the Depression, the company experiences a downturn in sales which lasted until World War II, when the demand for pig iron greatly increased. In 1956, Globe merged with Interlake Iron Corporation. On September 4, 1960 a large explosion shook the iron plant with damage so widespread that the blast furnace never reopened. By the late 1960s, the plant had been leveled and the Jackson Square Shopping Center built on the land. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_022_001
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Pig-iron
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)