Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company Blast Furnaces Photographs   Save
Lykes Youngstown Audio Visual Archives
Description: These two color photographs depict Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company's blast furnaces. YS&T had blast furnaces at the Harbor Works mill in Indiana and the Campbell Works mill in Youngstown. These 8" by 10" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) images are part of a larger collection of photographs that document the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company operations. These images provide powerful images of steel industry. In November of 1900 a group of fifty-five 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 3 miles east of downtown. Construction of the mill began immediately and in 1902, opened for production. Spectacular growth marked the company's second decade, some of it spurred on 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 1 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1627_1911359_006
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Business and Labor; Steel industry; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Furnaces; Mills
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)