Paired Bessemer converters blowing and filling photograph   Save
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: In this photograph depicting a pair of Bessemer converters, the left Bessemer converter is being blown while the right converter is being filled. To the bottom, steel is poured into ingot molds. Bessemer converters were often arranged in pairs like in this depiction in order to maximize capacity, as one could be filled or emptied while the other was blown. 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_B01F10_018
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Ingot molds; Bessemer furnaces; Steel industry
Places: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives