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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS<br />

HAER No. PA-115<br />

(Page 63)<br />

northeast-southwest axis. It is 75'-0" wide x 186*-0" long x<br />

61'-9 1/2" high to the bottom chord of the truss. The building's<br />

concrete foundation supports a steel framework. Riveted Fink<br />

trusses support the building's roof and monitor. It has a<br />

corrugated metal exterior. Spanning the width of the building<br />

and running its entire length is a 51*-0" high craneway. A 25-<br />

ton crane rests on the craneway. Separate sets of standard gauge<br />

railroad tracks run through the length of the building on its<br />

eastern and western end.<br />

An approximately 20'-0" wide x 40*-0" long x 15'-0" high<br />

concrete block building with gable roof is located inside of the<br />

new ladle house at its southern end. The building contains<br />

facilities for clay storage, a clay mixer, and an oven. The<br />

controls for the oven were manufactured by the Honeywell<br />

Corporation.<br />

Original construction date: 1908.<br />

Construction of SO'-O" extension to northern end: 1950.<br />

B. Car Repair Shop (Old Ladle House): The car repair shop is<br />

located along the shoreline of the Monongahela River,<br />

approximately 150'-0" east of blow engine house number two. It<br />

is 61'-0" wide x 132'-0" long x 35'-l 1/2" high to the bottom<br />

chord of the truss. Constructed from a concrete foundation, the<br />

building's brick walls encase its steel framework. Two rows of<br />

segmented arch windows rim the south facade and southern one-<br />

third of the eastern and western facade of the building. Located<br />

at the eastern end of the south facade is an approximately 18■-o"<br />

wide x 33'-8" high opening which provides the entrance for two<br />

parallel sets of standard gauge railroad tracks. A 25'-0" high<br />

craneway spanning the inside width of the building has a 2 5-ton<br />

crane resting on top of it. Fink trusses support the building's<br />

gable roof and louvered monitor.<br />

Located along the western inside wall of the building is an<br />

acetylene welding area and office space. A ferromanganese<br />

casting car is located on the eastern set of tracks inside of the<br />

building.<br />

Original construction date: 1896.<br />

Construction of 33'-0" extension to southern end: 1920.<br />

c. Ferromanganese Car Preparation Building (Former Scrap<br />

Preparation Building!: The ferromanganese car preparation<br />

building is located at the extreme south end of the upper works.<br />

Laid out on a north-south axis, it is 63'-4 1/2" wide x 50O'-0"<br />

long x 43'-0" high to the bottom chord of the truss. The<br />

building's steel frame and corrugated metal exterior is supported<br />

by a concrete foundation. Its gable roof is supported by riveted<br />

Fink trusses. A 34'-4" high craneway spans the width of the

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