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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />
HAER No. PA-115<br />
(Page 254)<br />
XIII. General Services and Transportation Office: Laid out on a<br />
northeast-southwest axis, the one story, 47' long x 35* wide<br />
General Services and Transportation office is located 40'<br />
southwest of the General Storehouse. Constructed on a concrete<br />
foundation by the American Bridge Company, the steel-framed<br />
building has a brick exterior and a hipped slate roof.<br />
Rectangular windows are located on three of the building's four<br />
walls. A locker room exists in the cellar of the building. The<br />
main floor contains six offices.<br />
Construction date: ca. 1910.<br />
XIV. Millwrights Office Building: Laid out on a north-south<br />
axis, the one story, 25' long x 19' wide Millwrights Office<br />
Building is located at the northern end of the blast furnace ore<br />
yard. Built on a concrete foundation by the American Bridge<br />
Company, the steel-framed building has a brick exterior. Its<br />
corrugated metal gable roof is supported by Fink trusses.<br />
Corbelling exists just under the building's eaves. Segmented<br />
arch windows rim the four walls of the building. Its main floor<br />
contains four offices.<br />
Construction date: ca. 1910.<br />
XV. North Blast Furnace Sub-Station: Laid out on a north-south<br />
axis, the two story, 76 f long x 32' wide North Blast Furnace Sub-<br />
Station is located 8' east of the Millwrights Office Building at<br />
the northern end of the blast furnace ore yard. Constructed from<br />
a concrete foundation by the American Bridge Company, the indoor<br />
electrical sub-station has a flat roof. Entrance into the<br />
building was prohibited at the time of the HAER inventory.<br />
Construction date: ca. 1970.<br />
XVI. Fuel and Instrument Building/Indoor Sub-Station: The two<br />
story, 66* long x 43' wide Fuel and Instrument Building is laid<br />
out on a east-west axis, approximately 100' east of the 487,000<br />
gallon Water Treatment Reaction Tanks. Built on a concrete<br />
foundation by the American Bridge Company, the steel-framed<br />
building has a brick exterior with a flat roof. Corbelled<br />
brickwork exists along the cornice of the building. Rectangular<br />
windows rim both floors of the building on its northern,<br />
southern, and eastern walls. The building's first floor contains<br />
several instrument panels at its northern end and three offices<br />
at its southern end. The second floor contains a locker room.<br />
Construction date: ca. 1925.<br />
XVII. Brick Shed/Tool and Locker Room: Laid out on a east-west<br />
axis, the two story, 163' long x 52 f wide Brick Shed is located<br />
20' north of the Fuel and Instrument Building. Constructed on a<br />
concrete foundation by the American Bridge Company, the<br />
building's brick exterior encases a steel frame. Its gable roof