Blast furnace condenser room   Save
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives
Description: This photograph depicts a blast furnace condenser room, dominated by a row of large cylindrical tanks that tower over workers below. The condensers support the operation of the blast 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_010
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Steel industry; Blast furnaces
Places: Youngstown Sheet & Tube Audiovisual Archives