Steel mill workers clearing salamander from blast furnace   Save
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph depicts two steel mill workers drilling out the salamander from the bottom of the blast furnace. The salamander is the slag solidified in the bottom of the furnace when the furnace has cooled down, and it is difficult to remove. Blast furnaces are used to smelt iron ore with coke to produce pig iron. This is the first step of steel production that occurs at mills. Air is forced into the bottom of the furnace, supporting the combustion, and giving the furnace its "blast" name. 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_B02F27_001
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces
Places: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives