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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS
HAER No. PA-115
(Page 174)
Construction of 112'-0" extension to northern end of pouring
aisle: 1957.
Installation of original equipment: 1943.
Installation of vacuum degassing equipment: 1956 - 1960.
Installation of baghouse: 1960.
II. Electric Furnace Office Building and Chemical Laboratory:
Laid out on a north-south axis, the three story, 41'-9" wide
x 88'-4" long brick building is located just north of the
electric furnace building. The eastern end of the building
(approximately 15'-0") extends into, and is accessible from, the
charging aisle of the electric furnace building. Dormer windows
rim the first two stories of its eastern, western, and northern
walls. A row of dormer windows is also located on the third
story of the northern wall. The first two floors of the building
contains offices, while its third floor houses a chemical
laboratory.
Construction date: 1943.
Construction of 26 , -0" extension to southern end: 1956.
III. Steel Conditioning Building:
Constructed by the American Bridge Company, the steel-framed
building is 85*-0" wide x 500*-0" long x 42'-0" high to the
underside of the truss. The building is located 33 , -0" east of
the electric furnace building and is laid out on a north-south
axis. Its northern end (approximately 40'-0") runs parallel to
the southern end of the electric furnace building. The
building's gable roof and continuous ventilator is supported by
riveted Pratt trusses. It has a corrugated metal exterior. A
standard gauge railroad track runs through the building on its
eastern and western side. The single bay building is serviced by
two 25-ton E.O.T. cranes, spanning its width.
One electrically powered mobile Mid-Western grinder runs on
rails along the eastern and the western inside wall of the
building at its northern end. A 17*-0" wide x 300'-0" long x
12 f -0" high steel-framed hot topping ingot mould platform runs
along the inside eastern wall of the building at its southern
end.
Two 15'-0" wide x 25'-0" long x 12 t -0" high corrugated metal
lean-tos are built onto the outside eastern wall of the building
near its northern end. Each lean-to houses a large motor, and
fan which draws fumes from the steel conditioning building into a
ventilation hood protruding through its roof.
Construction date: 1943.
Construction of 75*-0" extension to its southern end: 1957.