(Satellite, the "North Mill" contained the blast furnaces and BOF)

The plant scratched for miles along the east bank of the Ohio River. ("The Jones & Laughlin Steel Works gobbled up mile after mile of shoreline, producing beams, billets, bars, cans, wire, sheets, rolled steel—nearly every imaginable finished product" [PaulHertneky])

LC-USZ62-119059

Steel plant on the Ohio River. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

SummaryBird's-eye view of Jones & Laughlin Steel Company plant rooftops and rail yard.Contributor NamesRothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer

Gregory Wolf posted

Jones and Laughlin steel mill in Aliquippa, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, located about 30 NW of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River. January 1941.

Bill Sutliff: Ross Patterson -there is a very good chance that sign was made in Beaver Falls at the Ingram-Richardson porcelain enamel sign plant.

Jeff Sherrill: Bill Sutliff. It was made there...!!! Largest porcelain sign in the world for years...

The following photo allowed me to determine the satellite location of the North Mill.

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An aerial view of the North Mill, Aliquippa Works, showing blast furnaces (center) and BOF (upper left), ca 1970.

(Courtesy of Charles Fluharty from the book Portraits of Steel)

P&LE tracks at the left. PRR tracks on the on the other side of the Ohio.

Stever Hoschar Sr. posted

My father in law worked there.

Ronald Cumberland: Thank you for sharing this was J L biggest mill at 1 time think there was 5 blast furnace at one time the tin mill was the last thing running.

Bob Ciminel posted

In 1953 a major expansion project to increase steel production at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation’s Aliquippa Works was undertaken. A new 44-inch blooming mill and its drive were installed, replacing a steam-engine drive mill that set many production records during its time. The installation process was accomplished in the remarkable time of 7 days and 14 1/2 hours of down-time. The 44-inch Blooming Mill was driven by four 3000-hp, 70 to 140-rpm, 750-volt, double-armature motors, arranged in tandem twin drive. The main drive motors drew their power from a motor-generator set (pictured here) consisting of four 3000 kilowatt, 750-volt, d-c generators, a 15-foot 10-inch diameter, 220,000 pound steel plate flywheel (left foreground), and a 9000-hp, 6600-volt, 360-rpm induction motor. The 44-inch Blooming Mill was shut down in October 1984.

Comments on Bob's post

Bob Ciminel posted

J&L open-hearth ladle pouring ingots.  J&L's railroad, the Aliquippa & Southern has a hopper spotted behind the ladle.  Date unknown.

Bob Ciminel posted

J&L pickling vats, date and location unknown but probably not the Heinz plant.

Pat McCon: Might be the Welded Tube Department at the Aliquippa Works. They had vats like that.

Mike Seeger: Pickling has to be the most vile process in all of steelmaking.

[There are several comments about the acid fumes destroying the worker's teeth. It evidently removes the tooth enamel, turns the teeth black and then causes them to be removed.]

Robert Cody: I swear you could literally watch people die. But the bonus was so good there was never a personnel shortage. They most all were toothless