C. Edwards Weisheimer Reciting Prayers at Campbell Works Photograph   Save
Gerald Dickey Collection
Description: This 8.5" by 11" (21.59 by 27.8 cm) photograph depicts Reverend C. Edwards Weisheimer reciting prayers at Stop 14, Campbell Works South Gate of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. This photograph is part of a larger collection that document efforts to save the steel mills from closing in Youngstown. 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 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1623_1913418_011
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Labor unions; Demonstrations; Laborers; Clergy; Prayer; United Steelworkers of America
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)