Description: Photograph showing employees at hand-operated sheet mills involved in steel production, ca. 1890-1899. After the American Civil War, iron manufacturers in Ohio began to introduce new processes to refine iron ore. The resulting product was steel, which was much stronger and more versatile than iron. Because Ohio's numerous steel companies were quick to adopt new technology, Ohio became the second-largest producer of steel in the nation by the 1890s. Developments in the steel industry helped to encourage construction of large buildings, such as skyscrapers, as well as bridges and other projects. The automobile industry also contributed to the growth of the steel industry in the early decades of the twentieth century. Although the mill in this photograph is not identified, it could have been one of any number around the state in the 1890s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03918
Subjects: Manufacturing industries--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor; Iron and steel workers--Ohio; Steel industry
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This picture depicts tanker cars on railroad tracks with attached and unattached hoses at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Brier Hill works. This is the scene of a tanker accident. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_005
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This scene depicts Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company tanker cars on a sidetrack at the Brier Hill works. This is the scene of the Brier Hill tanker accident. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_006
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This scene depicts a railroad junction with tanker cars in the distance at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Brier Hill works. This is the scene of the Brier Hill tanker accident. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_007
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio); Railroad switches
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts an accident at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Campbell boiler shop involving a plate shears case. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F02_001
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This scene depicts an accident at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Campbell works boiler shop involving a plate shears case. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F02_002
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a plate shears case and steel plates hanging on a chain at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Campbell works boiler shop. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F02_003
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This scene at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Campbell works boiler shop depcits a plate shears case with a single plate hanging from chains. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F02_004
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture depicts an accident scene at Youngstown Sheet & Tube's Brier Hill works. Included are pipes and hoses attached and unattached from railroad tanker cars. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_001
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph depicts a plate shears case at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Campbell works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F02_005
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Campbell works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio)
Places: Campbell (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This scene depicts a welding tank in a machine shop at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Brier Hill works. This is also the scene of a safety and welding tank explosion. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_002
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio); Welding--1930-1940
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: This picture displays welding hoses, guages, and valves on a table at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company's Brier Hill works. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F01_004
Subjects: Steel industry--1930-1940; Steel industry and trade--Accidents; Youngstown Sheet andTube Company. Brier Hill works; Steel Industry-- Youngstown (Ohio); Welding--1930-1940
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)