The story of Pittsburgh: Iron and steel (continued)

Iron and steel (continued) (Vol. 1, nr. 3)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

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Title:: Iron and steel (continued)

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 3

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1920

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Title:: Iron and Steel

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iron and steel was 369, of the nation’s total, and was distributed as follows: Allegheny County, 6,881,129 tons; Shenango Valley, 1,082,790 tons; other Western Pennsylvania plants, 2,449,- 461 tons. Other percentages of the total American pro- duction emanating from Pittsburgh are: steel cars, 509; tin plate, 609; crucible steel, 609; pipe and tubing, 45%; vanadium, 909%; radium, 85%. Pittsburgh leads the world in tonnage. In the pre- war period the tonnage of Pittsburgh was figured at 175,000,000 tons, while during the war the volume of tonnage handled increased tremendously. By way of comparison, it is computed that the tonnage of the four largest naritime ports of the world—New York, London, Marseilles and Liverpool—was less than half that of Pittsburgh; the total for these four ports being placed at 34,376,000 tons, while the tonnage passing through the Suez Canal, a world-shipment route, was 26,000,000 tons. The Pittsburgh district is the most important Steel foundry center in the United States, there being a larger tonnage of castings produced in this district than in any sther industrial community. Some of the important manufacturing corporations in the Iron and Steel industry, together with a brief enumera- tion of the numerous varieties of articles fashioned by them, and sold in all quarters of the globe, are alphabetically considered in this issue of “The Story of Pittsburgh.” ALLEGHENY STEEL COMPANY The Allegheny Steel Company was organized in 1900, and began to operate in August, 1901, with about 300 em- ployees. This number has gradually increased until about 3,000 are now employed for normal operation. The capital stock at the time of organization was $300,000, and this has been increased to $3,500,000, although the amount invested is much larger. For the first two or three years light steel sheets only were produced. Then a plate mill for the production of tank and structural steel

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