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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Anderson, Cook & Co., Pgh. Steel Works
Anderson, Cook & Co., Pgh. Steel Works.
Anderson, Cook & Company -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh Steel Works -- Pictorial Works., 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 ; 10 x 13 cm.
Andrew Carnegie
Portrait, Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- 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 11 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
J&L Bessemer steel mfg. 1876.
Bessemer steel mfg. 1876.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
J&L offices
Industries. Iron & steel. J&L offices
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Employees -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Clerks -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Offices -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 cm.
J&L steelmen
J&L steelmen!.
Jones, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1824-1903 -- Pictorial Works., Kier, Samuel M., 1813-1874 -- Pictorial Works., Lauth, Bernard, 1820-1894 -- Pictorial Works., Laughlin, James, 1806-1882 -- Pictorial Works., Jones, Thomas M., 1828-1889 -- Pictorial Works., Jones, William L. (William Larimer), 1865-1926 -- Pictorial Works., Jones, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1868-1928 -- Pictorial Works., Laughlin, Ledlie -- Pictorial Works., Jones, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1895-1985 -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlins -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial Works., Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation -- Pictorial Works., Industrialists -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Executives -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 7 x 7 cm.