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Description: This photograph depicts the construction of a blast furnace at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's Indiana Harbor works. 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B02F24_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. Indiana Harbor works; Steel industry; Blast furnaces--Design and construction
Places: East Chicago (Indiana)