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U.S. Steel Blast Furnace Demolition Photograph Save

Description: This 8"" by 10"" (20.32 by 25.4 cm) photograph depicts the demolition of U.S. Steel blast furnaces in 1984, which defined the end of an era in Youngstown. For much of its history, U.S. Steel was the leading steel manufacturer in the world, yet the Ohio Works and McDonald Mills were closed in 1980 due to financial difficulties. Efforts were made to reopen the mills as worker-owned facilities, which led to a lawsuit aimed at halting demolition of the plant. The case was lost and the Ohio Works were razed soon afterwards. In 1986 U.S. Steel reorganized and was renamed USX Corporation. Steel production now comprises about 25% of its operations. Financier John Pierpont Morgan formed the United States Steel Company in 1901. It comprised 8 major companies among which were American Tin Plate Company, American Steel and Wire Company, National Tube Company, American Steel Sheet Company, Carnegie Company, Federal Steel Company and National Steel Company. The company purchased the Youngstown plant of the Ohio Steel Company, which had been founded in 1892 and bought by the National Steel Company a few years later. The plant was renamed the Ohio Works in 1950. The Upper Union Mills have also changed hands numerous times. The mill was consolidated with Youngstown Iron Company and run as the Union Iron & Steel Company in 1892. In 1899 the Lower Union and Upper Union Mills were sold to National Steel Company, and operated under name of American Steel Hoop Company. These were later sold to Carnegie Steel Company, which became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. The McDonald mills were constructed during World War I. The town of McDonald was constructed at the same time as the plant to house the workers and their families. A new company called McDonald Steel reopened part of the McDonald Mills, making specialty steel shapes for bridges and truck tire rims. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1638_1867290_001
Subjects: Business and Labor; Steel industry; Furnaces; United States Steel Corporation; Demolition
Places: Hubbard (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)

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