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Gary Works Photograph Album

This photograph album compiled by U.S. Steel includes 63 prints documenting the steel works plant in Gary, Indiana. Photo captions are from the original album.

Part of the United States Steel Corporation photographs collection.

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Bird’s eye view--Gary Works

Charging machine1--Gary Works

Molten iron from blast furnace--Gary Works

Tube welding--Gary Works

Charging floor--Gary Works

Making bottom with dolomite--Gary Works

Charging machine2--Gary Works

Open hearth furnace--Gary Works

Pouring blast furnace iron--Gary Works

Electric eye temperature control device--Gary Works

Inspecting the control dial--Gary Works

Inside end of electric eye in inactive furnace--Gary Works

Inside end of electric eye in active furnace--Gary Works

Hearth workers tapping furnace--Gary Works

Burning out the plug--Gary Works

Tapping an open hearth furnace--Gary Works

Fireworks from tapping an open hearth furnace--Gary Works

Iron poured into transfer ladle--Gary Works

Ingot teeming operation--Gary Works

Steel pourer--Gary Works

Ingot molds in transit--Gary Works

Ingot lifted from soaking pits--Gary Works

Ingots withdrawn from soaking pit--Gary Works

Ingot entering the rolls--Gary Works

First stage of rolling ingot down to a slab--Gary Works

Second stage of rolling ingot down to a slab--Gary Works

Third stage of rolling ingot down to a slab--Gary Works

Steam caused by descaling water striking hot plate--Gary Works

Shifting a red hot steel plate--Gary Works

Sheets conveyed to the heat treating furnaces--Gary Works

Ingot coming out of rolls--Gary Works

Billet mill operations--Gary Works

Steel coming out of 32 inch mill--Gary Works

Billet coming out of 24 inch mill--Gary Works

Interior view of rail mill--Gary Works

Saws cutting rails1--Gary Works

Saws cutting rails2--Gary Works

Gauging the bolt holes--Gary Works

Nick and break test for rails--Gary Works

Section of the wheel mill--Gary Works

Wheel block taken from a reheating furnace--Gary Works

Removing freight car wheel from a die--Gary Works

Shaping hub and plate of railroad wheel--Gary Works

Hydraulic press at wheel mill--Gary Works

Preparing machining wheels for shipment--Gary Works

Turning tread of railroad car wheel--Gary Works

Finished and unfinished railroad car wheels--Gary Works

Railroad car wheels ready for shipment--Gary Works

Wheels by the hundreds--Gary Works

Forging a railroad car axle--Gary Works

Axle inspection--Gary Works

Axles loaded for shipment--Gary Works

Rolls in storage yard--Gary Works

Skilled welder--Gary Works

Technique for fighting a tar fire--Gary Works

Technique for carrying a victim down a ladder--Gary Works

Correct method of extinguishing an electric motor fire--Gary Works

Showing workers how to operate a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher--Gary Works

Close-up of practicing proper method of resuscitation--Gary Works

Practicing proper method of resuscitation--Gary Works

Downward course of gasoline fumes--Gary Works

Employee receiving safety instruction--Gary Works

Employee receiving safety instruction for cutting wire--Gary Works

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