Description: This is a photo of a construction site at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio. The construction was being done by The Koppers Construction Company in 1926. Construction items can be seen all over the ground, including steel beams, pieces of pipe, and wood. A crane is also in view. Several men can be seen looking at whatever building is currently being worked on. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. Included in the equipment are private railroad tracks and locomotives, two blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 1, 600 tons, 11 open hearth mills, and a hot strip mill. Steamboats and barges owned by the company plied the river between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, a company owned bridge almost a mile long connects with a large byproduct plant on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_001_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a construction materials onsite at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio. The construction was being done by The Koppers Construction Company in 1926. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. Included in the equipment are private railroad tracks and locomotives, two blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 1, 600 tons, 11 open hearth mills, and a hot strip mill. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_006_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "The Koppers Construction Co., Wheeling Steel Corp. #28. Sept. 13, 1926. No. #28." This is an interior photograph of a Connellsville Exhauster machine in the Byproducts Plant inside the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio on September 13, 1926. Construction was being done at the time by The Koppers Construction Company. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. Included in the equipment are private railroad tracks and locomotives, two blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 1, 600 tons, 11 open hearth mills, and a hot strip mill. Steamboats and barges owned by the company plied the river between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, a company owned bridge almost a mile long connects with a large byproduct plant on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_006_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a construction site at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio. The construction was being done by The Koppers Construction Company in 1926. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. Included in the equipment are private railroad tracks and locomotives, two blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 1, 600 tons, 11 open hearth mills, and a hot strip mill. Steamboats and barges owned by the company plied the river between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, a company owned bridge almost a mile long connects with a large byproduct plant on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_016_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a construction site at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio. The construction was being done by The Koppers Construction Company in 1926. Construction items can be seen all over the ground, including steel beams, pieces of pipe, and wood. A crane is also in view. Several men can be seen looking at whatever building is currently being worked on. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. Included in the equipment are private railroad tracks and locomotives, two blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 1, 600 tons, 11 open hearth mills, and a hot strip mill. Steamboats and barges owned by the company plied the river between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee. In addition, a company owned bridge almost a mile long connects with a large byproduct plant on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F11_017_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a construction site at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio. The construction was being done by The Koppers Construction Company in 1926. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. Included in the equipment are private railroad tracks and locomotives, two blast furnaces with a daily capacity of 1, 600 tons, 11 open hearth mills, and a hot strip mill. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_003_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Wheeling Steel Corporation interior machinery in Steubenville, Ohio on September 13, 1926. Construction was being done at the time by The Koppers Construction Company. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_010_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photo of a construction site at the Wheeling Steel Corporation in Steubenville, Ohio. The construction was being done by The Koppers Construction Company in 1926. The Wheeling Steel Corporation, founded in 1920, was located at 227 South Third Street at Bates Street and was one of the largest plants of its kind in the Ohio Valley. Covering an area a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, the plant produced raw steel, coils, bars and sheet pipe. In December 1968, Pittsburgh Steel Company was merged into Wheeling Steel Corporation to form the Wheeling-Pitt. Esmark, Inc. engaged in a successful proxy takeover battle for Wheeling-Pitt in 2005 and formally took over the steelmaker in November 2007. In August 2008, Severstal acquired Esmark's Wheeling-Pitt steel holdings for $1.25 billion. The plant was closed, supposedly temporarily, on April 3, 2009. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F12_022_1
Subjects: Industries--Ohio; Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works; Wheeling Steel Corporation; Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Construction--1920-1930; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.)
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Steubenville, Ohio. 1937 Flood. Sand works and Penna R.R. bridge." The greatest volume of water ever known to pass along Ohio’s southern shores flooded all Ohio River communities during the last two weeks of January 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh to Cairo, Illinois, 1 million were left homeless, with 385 dead and property losses reaching $500 million, further worsened by the fact that it occurred during the Great Depression and just a few years after the Dust Bowl. Crests were 20 to 28 feet above flood stage and 4 to 9 feet above previous records. Six to 12 inches of rain fell in Ohio during January 13-25, 1937, totals never before or since experienced over such a large area of Ohio. January 1937 remains as the wettest month ever recorded in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F17_035_001
Subjects: Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Floods--Ohio--Ohio River; Ohio River--History; Central business districts; Storefronts--United States--Pictorial works; Floods; Disasters; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Steubenville High School Band. Miller and Son 436 Market St., Steubenville, Ohio." This photograph shows the Steubenville High School marching band (ca. 1935-1940) standing on, presumably, the steps of the high school. Their are approximately 80 members of the band, who all wear uniforms and hold their instruments. There are two (possibly three) drum majors, and the director stands near the back. There are about 6 African-Americans in this band. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_026_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Marching bands--United States; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Instruments; Bands (Music); Musicians--Ohio; Students; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Handwritten on reverse: "Steubenville High School Orchestra. Miller and Son 436 Market St. Steubenville, Ohio." The photograph shows about 50 students which comprise the Steubenville High School orchestra. They stand on the steps of what is presumably the Steubenville High School and the address on the door is 408. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_044_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Orchestras; Steubenville (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Instruments; Musicians--Ohio; Students; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Steubenville, Ohio - 1937- Decoration Day Parade. Steubenville High School and entering Union Cemetery." This is a photograph of a Decoration Day Parade in Steubenville, Ohio. Decoration Day was the original name for the holiday known today as Memorial Day. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F09_021_001
Subjects: Memorial Day; Parades & processions--1930-1940; Arts and Entertainment; Steubenville (Ohio)--Social life and customs; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)