Worker standing under Bessemer converter photograph   Save
YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: In this image, a worker named Berkenbush stands next to a Bessemer converter. 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_016
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Bessemer furnace; Steel industry
Places: YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives