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Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph the blowing engine of a blast furnace, responsible for supplying air to the burning mixture in 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_B02F27_008
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces--Equipment and supplies
Places: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives