Republic Iron and Steel Plant Photograph   Save
Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
Description: A 4 by 5-inch (10.16 by 12.7 cm) photograph taken on December 9, 1900 shows workers at the Republic Iron and Steel Plant in Youngstown. The workers are identified on the back of the photograph from left to right as Charley Beam, Chris Fox, Billy Bowstead, and Chris Vogel. Beam was cupola foreman. Vogel was first cupola helper. Bowstead was a bricklayer and foreman at Republic's Bessemer Plant, located at South Avenue and E. Front Street. Frank B. Hall, who took the photograph, was an iron tapper first helper. Republic Iron and Steel Company (later called Republic Steel Company) was organized in 1899 and moved its headquarters to Youngstown in 1911. The company was a vital economic force in the Mahoning Valley and a leading producer of steel in the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om328_784000_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Laborers
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)