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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS
HAER No. PA-115
(Page 221)
of the building. It supports two 40-ton E.O.T. cranes and one
10-ton E.O.T. crane.
Located along the eastern side of the scrap and scale yard
are the scale pits discussed above (see Scale and Waste Water
Collection Facilities). Also located inside of the building are
sixteen approximately 30' long x 6* wide slow cool furnaces, two
stationary flame cutters, and a slab scarfing bed. Eleven slow
cool furnaces are located near the middle of the building on its
eastern side. The other five are located at the northern end of
the building near its western side. The stationary flame cutters
and scarfing bed are located near the middle of the building on
its eastern side.
Construction date: 1959.
G. Shipping Building: The 1296' long x 86' wide x
approximately 70' high shipping building is adjacent to the
western side of the scrap and scale yard. It is laid out on a
north-south axis. Built on a concrete foundation by the American
Bridge Company, the northern wall of the steel-framed corrugated
metal building is even with the northern wall of the scrap and
scale yard. In order to provide access to the scrap and scale
yard, the building has no eastern wall. Its gabled roof and
monitor is supported by riveted Fink trusses. A craneway spans
the width of the building and runs its entire length. It
supports four 40-ton E.O.T. cranes. A standard gauge railroad
track enters through an opening at the southern wall of the
building and runs along its entire western side before leaving
through an opening at the northern wall of the building.
Six approximately 30* long x 6' wide slow cool furnaces are
located near the middle of the building on its eastern side.
Construction date: 1959.
H. Roll Shop: Laid out on a north-south axis, the 120* long x
60 f wide roll shop is built as a lean-to off of the eastern wall
of the primary mill building just north of the south motor room.
Constructed by the American Bridge Company on a concrete
foundation, the steel-framed building is approximately 60* high
to the underside of the truss. It has a wood block floor.
Warren trusses support the building's slanted roof. A craneway
spans the width of the building and runs its entire length. In
order to provide access for the 60-ton E.O.T. crane which also
services the south motor room, the roll shop has no southern
wall. A standard gauge railroad track, running in an east-west
direction, carries a cable driven roll transfer buggy.
The equipment inside of the roll shop includes a Baldwin-
Lima-Hamilton 50" Niles contour lathe for dressing rolls; a