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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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Making steel, Bessemer process, 1891
Making steel, Bessemer process, 1891
Bessemer process -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Melting steel
Melting steel.
Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel Heating -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Men working in a rolling mill
Men working in a rolling mill / photographer, Ross Altwater.
Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Rolling-mills -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Steel mill employee at work
Steel mill employee at work.
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.
Steelworker operating machine
Steelworker operating machine / photographer, Ross Altwater.
Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Unidentified Steel Mill
Unidentified Steel Mill.
Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Steel-works -- United States -- Pictorial Works., Iron and steel workers -- United States -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : b&w, film ; 10 x 13 cm.