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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />
HAER No. PA-115<br />
(Page 144)<br />
4. Small Bell: See III - C - 4 for description.<br />
Construction Date: 1953.<br />
5. Revolving Distributor: See III - C - 5 for description.<br />
Installation Date: 1953.<br />
6. Receiving Hopper: See III - C - 6 for description.<br />
Installation Date: 1953.<br />
V. Blast Furnace Number Six:<br />
A. Stockhouse:<br />
1. Stockhouse Building: The steel framed brick exterior<br />
stockhouse, located underneath the trestle, is broken up into two<br />
segments (i. e. north and south stockhouse) about the centerline<br />
of the blast furnace. The north stockhouse is 76'-0" wide x<br />
152*-4 1/2" long x 15'-10" high. The south stockhouse is 76'-0"<br />
wide x 168'-7 1/2" long x lS'-lO" high. The eastern and western<br />
walls of stockhouse number 6 coincide with the eastern and<br />
western walls of the stockhouse for blast furnaces 1 through 4.<br />
Construction Date: 19 61.<br />
2. Skip Pit: The SG'-O" wide x 58'-4" long x 40 , -2" deep<br />
concrete skip pit is located at the eastern wall of the<br />
stockhouse about the centerline of blast furnace number 6. Laid<br />
out on a east-west axis, the pit is divided up into three<br />
segments. A 30'-0" space laid out about the centerline of the<br />
furnace contains the remains of the main bridge and double skip<br />
track which led to the top of the furnace. Flanking the remains<br />
of the main bridge and double skip track are two 9'-7 1/2" wide<br />
spaces. The space north of the main skip bridge and double track<br />
fragment contain the remains of the coke breeze bridge and skip<br />
track. The space south of the main skip bridge and double track<br />
remains contain the remains of the clean up skip bridge and<br />
track.<br />
Construction Date: 1961.<br />
3. Main Coke Breeze Conveyor: See description I - A - 10.<br />
Installation Date: 1959.<br />
4. North Stockhouse Coke Delivery System: The north<br />
stockhouse coke delivery system transferred coke from coke bins<br />
suspended from a trestle to a waiting 400 cu. ft. capacity skip<br />
car in the skip pit.<br />
Installation Date: 1962.<br />
a. Coke Bins: Laid out on a north-south axis, five<br />
46,000 cubic foot capacity coke bins, spaced approximately 14'-0"
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