Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

About This Collection

Complementing the original Iron & Steel Collection, the Iron & Steel Photographic Collection features individual images of places and personalities intrinsic to Pittsburgh's development as the world's leading producer of iron and steel.  Photos include Titans of Industry such as Charles Schwab and Andrew Carnegie as well as mill workers, trainmen, secretaries, and Iron Puddlers. The collection also includes mill fronts, railroads and the factory floor.
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Bessemer converter in action
Bessemer converter in action.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Ohio Works -- Pictorial Works., Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works Ohio Youngstown -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.)
Blast furnace department
Blast furnace department.
Clairton Works -- Pictorial Works., -- United States -- Steel Corporation -- Pictorial Works., Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Clairton -- Pictorial Works., Coke plants -- Pennsylvania -- Clairton -- Pictorial Works., Coke industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Clairton (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Clairton (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Captain Wm R Jones
Captain Wm. R. Jones
Jones, William R., 1839-1889 -- Pictorial Works., Edgar Thomson Steel Works Employees -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Inventors -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Carnegie Painters' Mills, Carnegie Steel Company
Carnegie Painters' Mills, Carnegie Steel Company.
Painters' Mills -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Carrie Furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Co
The Carrie Furnaces of the Carnegie Steel Co. Pittsburgh, Pa..
Carrie Furnaces -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Rankin -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Rankin -- Pictorial Works., Iron smelting -- Pennsylvania -- Rankin -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Rankin (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 12 cm.)
Cast house, July 18th, 1891
Cast house, July 18th, 1891.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Employees -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Charles C. Ramsey, 1888
Charles C. Ramsey, 1888
Ramsey, Charles C. -- Pictorial works., Crucible Steel Company of America -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Horse-drawn vehicles -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Horses -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Charles M. Schwab in 1901.
Charles M. Schwab in 1901.
Schwab, Charles M., 1862-1939 -- Pictorial works., United States Steel Corporation -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 6 cm.)
Charles Martin Hall
Charles Martin Hall
Hall, Charles Martin, 1863-1914 -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh -- Reduction Company -- Pictorial works., Inventors United States -- Pictorial works., Engineers United States -- Pictorial works., Aluminum industry and trade United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Concourse in front of
Concourse in front of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Downtown Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pedestrians -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air -- Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 13 x 10 cm + 1 print (black and white ; 11 x 9 cm)
Daniel M. Clemson.
Daniel M. Clemson.
Clemson, Daniel M., 1853-1936 -- Pictorial works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Friends and associates -- Pictorial works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial works., United States Steel Corporation -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Carnegie Natural Gas Co. -- Presidents -- Pictorial works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial works., Executives -- United States -- Pictorial works., Directors of corporations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Dismantling of the Lucy Furnace, Carnegie Steel Company
Dismantling of the Lucy Furnace, Carnegie Steel Company
Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Downtown from Union Station
Downtown from Union Station
Union Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Prizer-Painter Stove & Heater Company -- Pictorial works.
Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.; Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.; Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Downtown Pittsburgh skyline view
Downtown Pittsburgh skyline view, 1896
Exposition Park (Allegheny, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Baseball fields -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Dr. Frank Conrad
Dr. Frank Conrad
Conrad, Frank, 1874-1941 -- Pictorial works., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Radio broadcasters -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Electrical engineers -- United States -- Pictorial works., Inventors -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Drawing of Hussey Steel Mill
Drawing of Hussey Steel Mill complex on Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 14 cm.
Edgar Thompson works at Braddock
Edgar Thompson's steel works at Braddock, Pennsylvania
Edgar Thomson Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Braddock -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Braddock (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Braddock (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
The emergency dam under construction, east side Gatun Locks
The emergency dam under construction, east side Gatun Locks / photo by E.N. Nelson, Empire, C.Z.
Locks (Hydraulic engineering) Construction -- Pictorial Works., Dams Design and construction -- Pictorial Works., Dams Panama Gatun Locks -- Pictorial Works., Gatun Locks (Panama) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Employees at a steel plant
Employees at a steel plant.
Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Employees of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Employees of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Employees -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
2 negatives : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.)