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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />

HAER No. PA-115<br />

(Page 14 0)<br />

operated by the steel cable leading from the 38" diameter<br />

hydraulic cylinder located in the hoist house.<br />

Construction Date: 1953:<br />

5. Revolving Distributor: The revolving distributor,<br />

designed and manufactured by Arthur G. McKee & Co. of Cleveland,<br />

Ohio, sits above the small bell. It consists of 12'-6 9/16" high<br />

hopper with a top inside diameter of 7'-5 3/8" and a bottom<br />

inside diameter of 5'-5" which houses the distributor. The<br />

distributor is a small motor powered bell shaped seat which fits<br />

directly on top of the small bell. Raw materials enter the<br />

revolving distributor's hopper from the receiving hopper located<br />

directly above it.<br />

Installation Date: 1953.<br />

6. Receiving Hopper: The irregularly shaped receiving<br />

hopper, designed and manufactured by the Arthur G. McKee & Co. of<br />

Cleveland, Ohio, sits above the revolving distributor's hopper.<br />

It receives raw material from the skip car. The opening at its<br />

top is 5'-5" wide x 5'-11" long. Its 5'-11" diameter bottom<br />

opening fits inside of the top opening of the hopper for the<br />

revolving distributor.<br />

Installation Date: 1953.<br />

IV. Blast Furnace Number Four:<br />

A. Stockhouse:<br />

1. Stockhouse Building: See description I - A - 1.<br />

2. Orer Manganese, and Flux Scale Car: The scale car for<br />

blast furnace number 4 adheres to the same construction and<br />

arrangement described for the scale car at blast furnaces number<br />

1 and 2.<br />

Installation Date: 1921<br />

3. Orer Manganese, and Flux Bins: See description I-A-3.<br />

Installation Date: 1921.<br />

4. Coke Bin: The coke bin meets the specifications<br />

described in III - A - 4 with the exception that one 48" x 72"<br />

electromagnetic vibrating feeder, manufactured by the Eriez<br />

Magnetics Company of Erie, PA, is attached to each of the bin's<br />

bottom openings. The feeder drops its coke charge onto a Syntron<br />

vibrating coke screen located directly below it.<br />

Construction Date: 1921.<br />

Installation of Eriez vibrating feeder: 1968.<br />

5. Skip Pit: The 17'-3" wide x 26'-4 1/2" long x 17'-1 1/2"

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