Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Blast Furnace Casting Process Photograph   Save
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Description: This 8.5" by 11" (21.6 by 27.9 cm) image depicts the blast furnace casting process. The stream to the right is molten iron on its way to ladles. On the left is molten slag or cinder. In November 1900, a group of 55 Youngstown citizens, led by James A. Campbell, raised $600,000 in capital to create the Youngstown Iron Sheet and Tube Company. Land was purchased along the Mahoning River approximately three miles east of downtown. In 1902, the mill opened for production. Spectacular growth marked the company's second decade, some of it spurred by the demand for steel caused by World War I. In 1923, YS&T purchased the Brier Hill Steel Company of Youngstown and the Steel and Tube Company of America of East Chicago. During the 1930s the company survived the Great Depression and the 1937 ""Little Steel"" strike to emerge as a leading steel producer. In the 1960s, YS&T began to experience a decline. The company merged with the Lykes Corporation in 1969 and LTV Corporation in 1979, at whic View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1628_1919915_035
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Furnaces; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)