Republic Steel Corporation Cleveland blast furnace area under construction   Save
Republic Steel Corporation Audiovisual Collection YHCIL MSS0192
Description: Photograph of the site of the construction of a Republic Steel Corporation blast furnace at Cleveland, Ohio. Republic Steel signed a contract with the Defense Plant Corporation in September 1941 to build four new blast furnaces. Two 1275-ton blast furnaces were planned for the Cleveland District. The number 5 blast furnace was blown in for production in October 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: YHC_MSS192_B01F061_06
Subjects: Steel Industry and trade; Republic Steel Corporation--Ohio; blast furnace
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)