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IRONMAKING- BLAST FURNACE PLANT<br />
U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />
HAER No. PA-115<br />
(Page 55)<br />
Historic Name: United States Steel Corporation, Duquesne Works,<br />
Blast Furnace Plant, Iron and Ferroitianganese<br />
Production and Delivery System<br />
Present Name: U.S.X. Corporation, National-Duquesne Works, Blast<br />
Furnace Plant, Iron and Ferroitianganese Production<br />
and Delivery System<br />
Location: Upper Works<br />
Construction: 1896, 1962<br />
Documentation: Photographs of the Duquesne Blast Furnace Plant<br />
located in HAER No. PA-115-A.<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
I. Blast Furnace Cooling Water Facilities:<br />
A. Blast Furnace Number One Bosh Pump House: The bosh pump<br />
house for blast furnace number one is located approximately 8'-0"<br />
west of cast house number one. The brick enclosure is<br />
approximately 10*-0" wide x 17'-0" long x 8'-0" high. Located<br />
within the center of the structure is a 125 hp, 1170 rpm Allis-<br />
Chalmers motor connected to a Wilson-Snyder pump rated at 5,000<br />
gpm. The pump supplied cooling water to the hearth and bosh area<br />
of blast furnace number one. A start-up panel for the pump motor<br />
is located inside of the structure just south of the motor/pump<br />
assembly.<br />
Construction of pump house: 1896.<br />
Installation of motor/pump assembly and start up panel:<br />
1961.<br />
B. Blast Furnace Number One Stack Pump House: The stack pump<br />
house for blast furnace number one is located just south of the<br />
bosh pump house. The brick enclosure is approximately the same<br />
size as the bosh pump house. It contains a 40 hp, 1775 rpm<br />
Westinghouse Life-Line motor which is connected to a size 6 x 6 x<br />
16 AL Wilson-Snyder pump operating at 1000 gpm. The pump<br />
supplied cooling water to the stack area of blast furnace number<br />
one. Construction of pump house: 1896.<br />
Installation of motor/pump assembly: 1963.<br />
C. Blast Furnace Number Three Bosh Pump House: The bosh pump<br />
house for blast furnace number three is located approximately 8 1 -<br />
0" west of the cast house number three. The approximately 15'-0"<br />
wide x 17 , -0" long x 8'-0" high brick enclosure contains two<br />
motor/pump assemblies. One assembly consists of a 125 hp, 1170<br />
rpm Allis-Chalmers induction motor connected to a model 16 BA