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The steel industry, Pittsburgh’s backbone for so long, was facing challenges during this decade. The mills were still running, but competition from overseas and changes in technology began to impact the industry’s profitability. The ’60s were also a time of major social changes.
Date: 1900s. Variant Company Name: Since 1892 ; Bellaire, OH ; Altoona, PA ; Parkersburg, WV ; Sharon, PA ; Titusville, PA ; New York, NY Company Name: Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Co. Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
The Pittsburgh Iron & Steel Heritage Collection is a digital compilation of books, journals, photographs, trade catalogs, and related literature. Through this collection, we strive to preserve the culture, heritage and knowledge of our region's industrial past, while enhancing the public's understanding of what made Pittsburgh the "Workshop of ...
The Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation online collection contains images from 1853 to 1954 showing images of facilities, products, and transportation, including interior and exterior photos of the many Jones and Laughlin mills, coal mines, and warehouses.
U. S. Steel engineers converted sheet mills, made to produce thin auto steel, into plate mills that ran nearly nonstop, making heavy steel plate for ships and tanks. The region’s mills eventually...
Apr 7, 2017 · A Third-Generation Mill Worker Pays Homage to the Controversial Industrialist. Teeming a crucible of steel at the Colonial Steel Company, Pittsburgh in 1912. Photo courtesy of Colonial Steel Collection, University of Pittsburgh, Archives Service Center. By Ken Kobus.
Feb 26, 2018 · Description. A customized truck for the Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company by the Schnabel Company. Type. still image. Subject. Pittsburgh Gage & Supply Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Railroads--Equipment and supplies. Contractors--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh. Trucks--Design and construction. Commercial vehicles. Source.
