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YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph depicts a flame blowing through a Bessemer converter, and was taken from a relatively long distance. 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. Towards the right of the image, other buildings are visible. 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_012
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Bessemer furnace; Steel industry
Places: YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives