Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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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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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.)
Employees of the Phoenix Roll Company
Employees of the Phoenix Roll Company.
Phoenix Roll 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.
Exterior Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Exterior Jones & Laughlin Steel Company.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Exterior Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation plant, Hazelwood works, 1931
Exterior Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation plant, Hazelwood works, 1931.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Hazelwood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Hazelwood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Exterior, Jones & Laughlin Steel plant, Second Avenue, Hazelwood
Exterior, Jones & Laughlin Steel plant, Second Avenue, Hazelwood.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Hazelwood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Hazelwood (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Exterior, Oliver Bros & Phillips plant
Exterior, Oliver Bros. & Phillips plant, Allegheny, Pa..
Oliver Bros. & Phillips -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 8 x 10 cm.)
Exterior view of an unidentified steel mill
Exterior view of an unidentified steel mill
Steel-works -- Pictorial works, Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Exterior view of rail yard at a steel plant
Exterior view of rail yard at a steel plant.
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Railroad yards -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- McKees Rocks -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Exterior view of the Isabella Furnace
Exterior view of the Isabella Furnace.
Isabella Furnace (Etna, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Isabella Furnace Co. (Etna, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Blast furnaces -- Pennsylvania -- Etna -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Etna -- Pictorial Works., Iron smelting -- Pennsylvania -- Etna -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Etna -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Etna -- Pictorial Works., Etna (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Etna (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Foundry workers
Foundry workers
Foundry workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Front view of ladle emptying molten steelinto moulds
Front view of ladle emptying molten into moulds, pig iron machine, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cast-iron -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron founding -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Equipment and supplies -- Pictorial Works., Foundry ladles -- Pictorial Works., Iron foundries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, ; 13 x 10 cm.
Henry Phipps
Henry Phipps.
Phipps, Henry, 1839-1930 -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Friends and associates -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Philanthropists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Henry Phipps, Andrew Carnegie and John Vandervort
Henry Phipps, Andrew Carnegie and John Vandervort.
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Pictorial Works., Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 Friends and associates -- Pictorial Works., Phipps, Henry, 1839-1930 -- Pictorial Works., Vandervort, John -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Philanthropists -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Homestead 1912, U.S. Steel 140 plate mill shear.
Homestead 1912, U.S. Steel 140 plate mill shear.
Homestead Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., -- United States -- Steel Corporation -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Rolling-mills -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Shears (Machine-tools) -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Homestead Steel interior
Homestead Steel interior.
Homestead Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Homestead (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
The Homestead Steel Works in 1886
The Homestead Steel Works in 1886.
Homestead Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Homestead -- Pictorial Works., Homestead (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Homestead (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Paintings. gmgpc
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Industries Iron & steel 1930
Industries. Iron & steel. 1930
Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Rolling-mills -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.