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YHCIL MSS0012 William Brown Sr. Collection
Description: General view of plant, 1919. The Republic Iron and Steel Company was organized in 1899, establishing its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. In 1905 the company moved its headquarters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1911 transferred them to Youngstown, Ohio. The company became the Republic Steel Corporation in 1930 and in 1936 moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Until the decline of the steel industry in the 1970s and early 1980s, Republic was a vital economic force in the Mahoning Valley area. Nationally, the company was a mainstay of steel production in the United States, producing steel used by,among others, the American automobile, defense, and air industries. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when steel companies across the country were closing plants, the company substantially reduced its operations in the vicinity of Youngstown. In 1983 LTV bought Republic Steel, making the former company the nation's second largest steel-making concern. The Brown Collection contains materials on the Republic Corporation up until the time of its merger with LTV. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0012_B04F20_001
Subjects: Republic Steel Corporation; Steel Industry
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)