His path back to his Pittsburgh roots is the story behind "City of Steel," the veteran filmmaker's documentary about the rise and fall of Big Steel in his hometown, …
In the first four years of operation of the open hearth plant the Pittsburgh Steel Company purchased iron ingots from the Carnegie Steel Company mills of U.S. Steel in the …
Andrew Carnegie's relentless efforts to drive down costs and undersell the competition made his steel mills the most modern in the world, the models for the entire industry. By …
Under Carnegie Steel a new blast furnace plant was constructed with the industry's first fully mechanized material handling system, an innovation which came to be called the "Duquesne Revolution." For most of its …
The American steel industry and its mill towns experienced explosive growth in the heyday of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick. In the 1850s, the mills were populated …
U.S. Steel National Tube Works, Main Pipe Mill Building, Along Monongahela River, McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA; Names Historic American Engineering Record, creator Carnegie, Andrew
U.S. Steel National Tube Works, Skelp Mill Building, Along Monongahela River, McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA; Contributor Names Historic American Engineering …
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-born industrialist who became very wealthy via the steel industry before giving away much of his fortune as a philanthropist.
Within two years this young enterprise had been sold by its original owners to the Allegheny-Bessemer Company which in turn sold the plant to Andrew Carnegie in …
The Duquesne Works brochure omits the most interesting part of the plant's history --- namely Andrew Carnegie's attempt to ruin the facility. Duquesne Works, …