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Title
Clyde
Porcelain
Steel
fire
,
Clyde
,
Ohio
,
1945
Subject
Fires--Ohio--Clyde
Time Period
1940s
Place
Clyde
(Ohio)
;
Sandusky
County
(Ohio)
Description
On
Sunday
,
November
11
,
1945
, a
fire
broke
out
at the
Clyde
Porcelain
Steel
Corporation
,
which
employed
between
800
and
1,000
people
workers
.
Plant
1
,
which
burned
,
manufatured
parts
for the
government
-
end
connectors
for
tanks
and
spark
arresters
. The
oil
treatment
for the
end
connectors
soaked
the
plant
floors
and
contributed
to the
start
and
spread
of the
fire
.
Plant
1
was in
ruins
three
hours
after
the
fire
started
.
Clean
up
began
the
next
day
;
no
one
was
laid
off
and the
Plant
2
,
firewalled
from
Plant
1
,
remained
in
operation
throughout
the
rebuilding
process
. An
110,000
square
foot
steel
building
was
designed
and
under
construction
within
a
month
.
Clyde
Porcelain
Steel
was
later
purchased
by the
Whirlpool
Corporation
.
Photograph
stamped
on the
back
, "
Hale's
Portrait
Studio
,
310
N
.
Main
St.
,
Clyde
,
Ohio
"
Date of Original
November
11
,
1945
Collection
Clyde
Heritage
League
Museum
Submitting Institution
Clyde
Public
Library
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