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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Frank Conrad, founder of KDKA
Frank Conrad, founder of KDKA
Conrad, Frank, 1874-1941 -- Pictorial works., KDKA (Radio station : Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Radio -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Inventors -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Engineers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 7 x 7 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 4 x 4 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.
The Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Barges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)-- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.)-- Pictorial works., Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)-- Pictorial works., Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.)-- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w : 9 x 12 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
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.
H.K. Porter & Co., builders of light locomotives
H.K. Porter & Co., builders of light locomotives, Pittsburgh, Penn'a .
H.K. Porter Company -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Locomotive industry -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 11 x 13 cm. + 1 print (10 x 7 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.
Interior of iron & steel mill
Interior of iron & steel mill
Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Interior view of a steel/iron making plant
Interior view of a steel/iron making plant.
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : b&w, film ; 10 x 13 cm.
Interior view of a steel mill featuring workers
Interior view of a steel mill featuring workers.
Iron and steel workers -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 10 x 12 cm.)
Interior view of an unidentified steel mill
Interior view of an unidentified steel mill.
Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Interior view of Pittsburgh steel mill
Interior view of Pittsburgh steel mill / photographer, Luke Swank.
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Interior view of steel plant
Interior view of steel plant
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial works, Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial works, Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Iron works, Pgh., Pa., 1918
Iron works, Pgh., Pa., 1918 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Iron industry and trade -- 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 11 cm.
The ironworkers' noontime
The Ironworkers' noontime.
Iron and steel workers -- West Virginia -- Pictorial Works., Iron foundries -- West Virginia -- Pictorial Works., Iron-works -- West Virginia -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 7 x 7 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 5 x 7 cm.)
Isabella Furnace
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., Etna (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Etna (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.