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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

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