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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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.
Engine 137 A
Engine 137 A / Abram Brown, photographer.
Locomotives United States -- Pictorial Works., Photographs.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Engine 8494 E-2A, 1905
Engine 8494 E-2A, 1905 / Abram Brown, photographer.
Locomotives -- United States -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Excursion train poster
Excursion train poster, Pennsylvania Station, Novemember 9, 1923 / Abram Brown, photographer.
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 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 a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
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 ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial -- works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill with smoke
Exterior view of a Pittsburgh steel mill with smoke / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 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.
The fire demon, 1923
The fire demon, 1923 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Fires -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 12 cm.
Firing up, 1926
Firing up, 1926
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Freight cars -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Region -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 10 x 12 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.