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Title
Blast
furnace
Subject
Industries--Ohio
Factories
Steel-works--Ohio--Pictorial works
Blast furnaces--United States
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Description
This
photograph
shows
white
hot
molten
metal
being
poured
from the
blast
furnace
into a
ladle
. This
could
be
one
of any
number
of
steel
mills
in
Ohio
. In the
early
nineteenth
century
, there were a
number
of
furnaces
in
Ohio
that
processed
iron
. These
small
industries
were
made
possible
by
local
iron
ore
deposits
in
southern
and
eastern
Ohio
. In
addition
,
some
parts
of
Ohio
also had
coal
deposits
that
could
be
used
to
fuel
furnaces
.
Because
of their
proximity
to the
state's
iron
manufacturing
, by the
second
half
of the
nineteenth
century
communities
such
as
Cleveland
,
Akron
,
Canton
, and
Youngstown
had
begun
to
emerge
as
major
industrial
cities
.
Railroads
also
encouraged
the
growth
of the
iron
industry
.
After
the
American
Civil
War
,
iron
manufacturers
in
Ohio
began
to
introduce
new
processes
to
refine
iron
ore
. The
resulting
product
was
steel
,
which
was
much
stronger
and
more
versatile
than
iron
.
Because
Ohio
companies
,
such
as the
Otis
Steel
Company
, were
quick
to
adopt
new
technology
,
Ohio
became
the
second
largest
producer
of
steel
in the
nation
by the
1890s
. In the
late
nineteenth
and
early
twentieth
centuries
, the
rapid
growth
of
some
steel
companies
led
to a
wave
of
mergers
that
created
big
businesses
like
the
United
States
Steel
Company
(U.S
.
Steel)
,
Republic
Iron
and
Steel
Corporation
. and
Youngstown
Steel
and
Tube
Company
.
Very
often
,
smaller
companies
that had
produced
either
iron
or
steel
since
the
early
1800s
were
either
taken
over
or
driven
out
of
business
because
they were
unable
to
compete
with the
large
corporations
. The
developments
in the
steel
industry
helped
to
encourage
construction
of
large
buildings
,
such
as
skyscrapers
, as
well
as
bridges
and
other
projects
. The
automobile
industry
also
contributed
to the
growth
of the
steel
industry
in the
early
decades
of the
twentieth
century
.
Although
the
steel
industry
in
Ohio
suffered
during
the
Great
Depression
and
many
workers
faced
unemployment
during
that
era
,
Ohio
companies
rebounded
during
World
War
II
. The
steel
mills
helped
to
produce
steel
for the
United
States
military
during
the
war
. In the
decades
that
followed
,
steel
mills
were
prosperous
. In the
latter
part
of the
twentieth
century
,
Ohio
steel
mills
, as
well
as
mills
across
the
country
,
faced
new
competition
from
foreign
steel
manufacturers
. As a
result
of this
competition
,
steel
companies
in
Ohio
declined
, and
many
workers
lost
their
jobs
. The
United
States
also
faced
economic
problems
in the
1970s
and
early
1980s
that
created
significant
challenges
for the
steel
industry
.
Recently
,
some
steel
manufacturers
have
emerged
from their
difficulties
and have
reclaimed
important
roles
within
the
industry
. Those that have
survived
have
concentrated
on
modernizing
their
mills
and
incorporating
new
technology
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
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Image Height
5223
Image Width
6154
File Size
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Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-05-24
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