Photo, Print, Drawing U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA
About this Item
Title
- U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA
Names
- Historic American Engineering Record, creator
- Carnegie, Andrew
- U.S. Steel Corporation
- Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company
- Kloman, Andrew
- Singer, William H
- Hussey, Curtis G
- Hussey, C Curtis
- Park, William G
- Clark, William
- Miller, Reuben
- Holley, Alexander
- Hemphill, James
- Mackintosh, W S
- Carnegie, Phipps & Company
- Schwab, Charles
- Kennedy, Julian
- Aiken, Henry
- Wellman, Samuel
- Frick, Henry Clay
- Mackintosh-Hemphill
- Bethlehem Iron Company
- Defense Plant Corporation
- Dravo Engineering
- American Bridge Company
- Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company
- Brown Hoisting Machinery Company
- Allis-Chalmers
- Keystone Bridge Works
- United Engineering
- Hoffman, LeRoy L.
- Crumpton, Kenneth R.
- Russky-Narodny-Dom, Inc.
- Wickerham, R. G.
- Steel Industry Heritage Task Force, sponsor
- Steel Industry Heritage Corporation, sponsor
- Debolt, Jo H., project manager
- Carlino, August, project manager
- Fitzsimons, Gray, project manager
- Herrin, Dean A., transmitter
- Bennett, Michael G., transmitter
- Davidson, Lisa Pfueller, transmitter
- Brown, Mark M., historian
- Lowe, Jet, photographer
- Stupich, Martin, photographer
- Strong, Craig, field team supervisor
- Marston, Christopher H., delineator
- Schylter, Camilla, delineator
- Williams, Patrick, delineator
Created / Published
- Documentation compiled after 1968
Headings
- - steel mills
- - steel industry
- - labor unions
- - ordnance industry
- - blooming mills
- - rolling mills (rails)
- - rolling mills (structural shapes)
- - rolling mills (plates)
- - forging presses
- - brick buildings
- - steel structural frames
- - corrugated metal siding
- - open-hearth steel
- - blast furnaces
- - Warren trusses
- - pump houses
- - concrete block buildings
- - Fink roof trusses
- - office buildings
- - machine shops
- - power plants
- - railroad car dumpers
- - blowing engines
- - Pennsylvania through trusses
- - Baltimore trusses
- - motors
- - motor rooms
- - Pratt roof trusses
- - International Style architectural elements
- - laboratories
- - carpenter workshop
- - patterns
- - fraternal lodges
- - Pennsylvania--Allegheny County--Homestead
Latitude / Longitude
- 40.403576,-79.919312
Notes
- - Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley works. In 1883, Andrew Carnegie acquired the works and transformed Homestead from a Bessemer rail mill to a highly mechanized, fully integrated heavy products mill. Open Hearth No. 1 was the first facility for large scale commercial production of basic open hearth steel in the country. Homestead rivaled all other mills in structural steel production during the late-nineteenth-century. The armor forging plant at Homestead played a central role in the development of American sea power and the American military-industrial complex. Homestead was a leader in the use of machinery such as hydraulic and electric cranes to reduce labor and increase production tonnage. In 1901, Homestead, along with the rest of Carnegie Steel, was absorbed by the United States Steel Corporation in a consolidation of the steel industry. Expansion to meet the production demands of World War I and World War II generated important periods of change at Homestead. Also, during the 1920s U.S. Steel modernized Homestead's structural mills in an effort to stay competitive with Bethlehem Steel. Postwar technical developments at the Homestead Works included the commercial development of high-strength alloy steel plate. After the Korean War, the forge division tooled up to produce nuclear containment vessels and electric generator shafts. As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the nation's most important steel mills and the Mon Valley's status as the pre-eminent iron and steel center in the United States for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
- - Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N359
- - Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N761
- - Survey number: HAER PA-200
- - Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction
- - Building/structure dates: 1883 Subsequent Work
- - Building/structure dates: 1895- 1899 Subsequent Work
- - Building/structure dates: 1917 Subsequent Work
- - Building/structure dates: 1926 Subsequent Work
- - Building/structure dates: 1941- 1944 Subsequent Work
- - Building/structure dates: 1990-1993 Demolished
Medium
- Color Transparencies: 1
- Measured Drawing(s): 13
- Data Page(s): 194
- Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Call Number/Physical Location
- HAER PA, 2-HOME,2-
Source Collection
- Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Control Number
- pa2223
Rights Advisory
- No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
Online Format
- image
Part of
Format
Contributor
- Aiken, Henry
- Allis-Chalmers
- American Bridge Company
- Bennett, Michael G.
- Bethlehem Iron Company
- Brown Hoisting Machinery Company
- Brown, Mark M.
- Carlino, August
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Carnegie, Phipps & Company
- Clark, William
- Crumpton, Kenneth R.
- Davidson, Lisa Pfueller
- Debolt, Jo H.
- Defense Plant Corporation
- Dravo Engineering
- Fitzsimons, Gray
- Frick, Henry Clay
- Hemphill, James
- Herrin, Dean A.
- Historic American Engineering Record
- Hoffman, Leroy L.
- Holley, Alexander
- Hussey, C Curtis
- Hussey, Curtis G
- Kennedy, Julian
- Keystone Bridge Works
- Kloman, Andrew
- Lowe, Jet
- Mackintosh, W S
- Mackintosh-Hemphill
- Marston, Christopher H.
- Miller, Reuben
- Park, William G
- Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company
- Russky-Narodny-Dom, Inc
- Schwab, Charles
- Schylter, Camilla
- Singer, William H
- Steel Industry Heritage Corporation
- Steel Industry Heritage Task Force
- Strong, Craig
- Stupich, Martin
- U.S. Steel Corporation
- United Engineering
- Wellman, Samuel
- Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company
- Wickerham, R. G.
- Williams, Patrick
Location
Language
Subject
- Baltimore Trusses
- Blast Furnaces
- Blooming Mills
- Blowing Engines
- Brick Buildings
- Carpenter Workshop
- Concrete Block Buildings
- Corrugated Metal Siding
- Fink Roof Trusses
- Forging Presses
- Fraternal Lodges
- International Style Architectural Elements
- Labor Unions
- Laboratories
- Machine Shops
- Motor Rooms
- Motors
- Office Buildings
- Open-Hearth Steel
- Ordnance Industry
- Patterns
- Pennsylvania Through Trusses
- Power Plants
- Pratt Roof Trusses
- Pump Houses
- Railroad Car Dumpers
- Rolling Mills (Plates)
- Rolling Mills (Rails)
- Rolling Mills (Structural Shapes)
- Steel Industry
- Steel Mills
- Steel Structural Frames
- Warren Trusses