Portraits of Place

09/05/2009

Rankin, PA, Carnagie\'s steel mill

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Rankin, PA, Carnagie\'s steel mill
I put up some new photographs on this steel mill, check them out.
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09/04/2009

Carrie Furnace, Rankin PA

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Carrie Furnace, Rankin PA
I made a visit to Rankin in December, my previous visits were years before, in the early 2000\’s. A lot had changed at the site since then, it is under redevelopment now, a heritage site with a lot of commercial sites being developed adjacent to the old blast furnaces.

03/15/2006

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Filed under: industrial,mills,ruins,steel — Tags: , — shaunoboyle @ 12:37 pm

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Handles used for raising and lowering the skimmers that divert slag to the slag pots when the blast furnace is tapped. For a full read on how a blast furnace works <a href=\”http://www.steel.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=How_Steel_is_Made&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=12305\”>check this link. </a>

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