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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />
HAER No. PA-115<br />
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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"