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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />

HAER NO. PA-115<br />

(Page 251)<br />

(about half the floor space) was utilized as a pattern storage<br />

area. The northern third of the first floor is made up of a<br />

garage for the storage of a fire truck and ambulance. The rest<br />

of the floor contains a locker room, wash room, and offices.<br />

Construction date: 1907.<br />

Remodelling of third floor: ca. 1970.<br />

V. Carpenter Shop: Laid out on a north-south axis, the two<br />

story, 84 ! long x 44• wide Carpenter Shop is located 20' west of<br />

the Pattern Storage Building at the northern end of the upper<br />

works. The steel-framed brick building was constructed on a<br />

concrete foundation by the American Bridge Company. The<br />

building's gable roof is supported by wooden Pratt trusses. Large<br />

segmented arched windows rim the four walls of the building at<br />

both its first and second floors. There is an approximately 10'<br />

wide x 12' high arched doorway located on the western wall of the<br />

building which leads into the first floor.<br />

The ground floor of the Carpenter Shop has been gutted of<br />

all its equipment. At present, the floor contains storage bins<br />

which contains mill artifacts that are being saved for the<br />

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. All of the equipment<br />

which existed on the second floor of the building has also been<br />

removed. The floor presently contains a series of book shelves<br />

which are used to store technical journals, books, and mill<br />

records that were found in various locations in the mill. They<br />

too are being saved for the Historical Society.<br />

Built off of the northern wall of the building at its<br />

northwest corner is a one story, 23' long x 15' wide steel-framed<br />

brick office. The office's gable roof is supported by Fink<br />

trusses. Arched windows rim the walls of the building extension.<br />

Located inside of the office are various kinds of employee<br />

records.<br />

A lean-to is built between the Pattern Storage Building and<br />

the western wall of the Carpenter Shop. Its roof is made of<br />

corrugated metal, while its northern wall is made of wood<br />

clapboards. The southern end of the lean-to is open. A walkway<br />

between the Pattern Storage Building and the second floor of the<br />

Carpenter Shop is adjacent to the southern end of the lean-to.<br />

Adjacent to the lean-to on its northern side is an<br />

approximately 30' long x 10' wide x 8' high corrugated metal<br />

shed, which was used for storing paint.<br />

Construction date: ca. 1910.<br />

VI. Hospital and Main Guard House Buildings: Laid out on a east-<br />

west axis, the one story, 55' long x 33' wide Hospital Building

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