Blast furnace steelworkers close tapping hole   Save
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph depicts steelworkers using a mud gun to close a blast furnace tapping hole, where molten pig iron is removed from the furnace. Blast furnaces burn alternating layers of iron ore and coke (as fuel) by forcing in large amounts of air, forming pig iron. This is the first step of the steelmaking process. This photograph belongs to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Audiovisual Archives, so it likely depicts a Youngstown company plant. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B01F19_003
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces; Steel workers
Places: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives