Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage

About This Collection

Pittsburgh’s heritage is strongly rooted in iron, steel, mining and related industries. The Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection is a digital compilation of books, journals, photographs, trade catalogs, and related literature. Through this collection, we strive to preserve the culture, heritage and knowledge of our region's industrial past, while enhancing the public's understanding of what made Pittsburgh the "Workshop of the World."

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Flem's views of old Pittsburgh : a portfolio of the past precious with memories / by Geo. T. Fleming.

Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History -- Pictorial works., Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.

80 pages : illustrations 31 cm.

150 years of unparalleled thrift : Pittsburgh Sesqui-Centennial, chronicling a development from a frontier camp to a mighty city : official history and programme

Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Centennial celebrations, etc., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History -- Pictorial works., Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History.

1925 catalogue / James C. Lindsay Co.

Hardware -- Catalogs., Tools -- Catalogs., James C. Lindsay Hardware Co. -- Catalogs.

xxxvi, 676 pages : illustrations (some color) 29 cm.

The "AB" freight brake equipment.

Westinghouse air-brake -- Catalogs., Air-brakes -- Catalogs., Locomotives -- Brakes -- Catalogs., Westinghouse Air Brake Company -- Catalogs.

Trade Catalog

Adams' common sense instruction on gas tractor operation : a book for tractor operators who desire to know the most efficient methods of maintaining a tractor at its highest working power

Farm tractors -- Maintenance and repair., Farm tractors -- Motors., Internal combustion engines -- Maintenance and repair.

Addresses of the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of National Industry.

Tariff -- United States., Protectionism.

xii, 299 pages 20 cm.

Adequate transportation facilities : the basis for industrical and social progress : telling the public the facts / Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.

Street-railroads., Electric railroads., Electricity in transportation., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company -- Catalogs., Street-railroads -- Marketing., Electric railroads -- Marketing., Advertising -- Transportation., Advertising -- Street-railroads., Advertising -- Electric industries.

16 unnumbered leaves : color illustrations 32 cm.

Ahlbrand Carriage Co., manufactureres of Built-to-Wear buggies, surries and phaetons.

Ahlbrand Carriage Company -- Catalogs., Carriage industry -- United States -- Catalogs., Carriages and carts -- Catalogs.

volumes : illustrations 27 cm.

Air brakes for electric cars

Westinghouse air-brake., Air-brakes.

Air brakes for electric cars

Air compressors and blowers for the operation of industrial furnaces

Metallurgical furnaces -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs., Air-compressors -- Catalogs., Fans (Machinery) -- Catalogs., Foundries -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs., Metals -- Heating -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs., W.S. Rockwell Company -- Catalogs.

Air compressors and vacuum pumps / Mesta Machine Company.

Air-compressors -- Catalogs., Vacuum pumps -- Catalogs., Mesta Machine Company -- Catalogs.

8 pages : illustrations 23 cm.

Album of drawings relating to the manufacture of open-hearth steel. Part I: Open-hearth furnaces. 1908 / by M.A. Pavloff.

Open-hearth furnaces -- Pictorial works., Open-hearth process -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pictorial works.

8 unnumbered pages, 81 folded leaves of plates : illustrations 30 x 39 cm.

Album of drawings relating to the manufacture of open-heart [sic] steel. Part I

Album of drawings relating to the manufacture of open-hearth steel. Part I: Open-hearth furnaces. 1904 / by M.A. Pavloff.

Open-hearth furnaces -- Pictorial works., Open-hearth furnaces -- Charts, diagrams, etc., Open-hearth process -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pictorial works.

6 unnumbered pages, 52 leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations 28 x 38 cm.

Allegheny Foundry Company : street, sewer, highway and miscellaneous castings.

Metal castings -- Catalogs., Manhole covers -- Catalogs., Grilles -- Catalogs., Allegheny Foundry Company -- Catalogs.

63 pages : illustrations 28 cm.

Allegheny metal : unrusting, unstaining, untarnishing, produced exclusively by Allegheny Steel Co., Brackenridge, Pa. : soda fountains, refrigerators, cold beverage and food handling equipment : for sixty-six million Americans.

Allegheny Steel Company (Brackenridge, Pa.) -- Catalogs., Steel-works -- Catalogs., Steel industry and trade -- Catalogs., Kitchen appliances -- Catalogs., Cooking -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs.

4 unnumbered pages, 20 pages : illustrations 29 cm.

Allegheny metal : approximating precious metals in corrosion resistance / Allegheny Steel Company.

Allegheny Steel Company (Brackenridge, Pa.) -- Catalogs., Stainless steel -- Catalogs., Steel-works -- Catalogs., Stainless steel industry -- Catalogs., Steel industry and trade -- Catalogs.

1 folded sheet (3 unnumbered panels) : illustrations 28 cm.

Allegheny metal : as the world sees the time tested stainless steel of universal application / Allegheny Steel Company.

Allegheny Steel Company (Brackenridge, Pa.) -- Catalogs., Stainless steel -- Catalogs., Steel-works -- Catalogs., Stainless steel industry -- Catalogs., Steel industry and trade -- Catalogs.

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations 28 cm.