Republic Iron & Steel Company Distinguished Service Plaque   Save
William Brown Sr. Collection
Description: This 8"" by 10"" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) black and white photograph depicts a distinguished service plaque given by the United States War Department during World War I to Republic Iron & Steel Company. The War Department recognized the company's loyalty, energy, and efficiency in the performance of the war work. The Republic Iron and Steel Company was organized in 1899, establishing its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. In 1905 the company moved its headquarters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1911 transferred them to Youngstown, Ohio. The company became the Republic Steel Corporation in 1930 and in 1936 moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Until the decline of the steel industry in the 1970s and early 1980s, Republic was a vital economic force in the Mahoning Valley area. Nationally, the company was a mainstay of steel production in the United States, producing steel used by the American automobile, defense, and air industries. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when steel companies across the country were closing plants, the company substantially reduced its operations in the vicinity of Youngstown. In 1983 LTV bought Republic Steel, making the former company the nation's second largest steel-making concern. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1618_1867170_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Plaques; World War I; Republic Iron & Steel Company
Places: Boardman (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)