Paired Bessemer converters blowing and filling photograph   Save
YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph depicts a paired set of Bessemer converters. The one on the right is being blown, and the one on the left is being filled. At the bottom, steel is being poured into ingot molds. 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. They were often operated paired, as depicted here, in order to increase output. One could be filled or emptied while the other was blown. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Audiovisual Archives, so its subject is likely located at a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F10_010
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Ingot molds; Bessemer furnaces; Steel industry
Places: YHCIL MSS0140 Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives