Bessemer converter blowing during day   Save
YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph depicts a flame blowing through a Bessemer converter. It was taken outdoors, during the day. The photograph is stamped "Proof" Bessemer converters release oxygen gas through molten iron, which reacts with carbon and and other impurities to increase the quality of the steel, as well as producing a large flame. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely located at a Youngstown plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F09_007
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Bessemer furnace; Steel industry
Places: YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives