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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS
HAER No. PA-115
(Page 64)
building and runs its entire length. A 10-ton crane rests on the
craneway. A standard gauge railroad track, located 26'-3 1/2"
off the western wall, runs through the length of the building.
Located 17'-7" from the western wall and beginning 47'-8 1/4"
from the northern wall is a 3'-0" wide x 280 , -0" long x 6'-2"
high steel framed service platform for preparing ferromanganese
casting cars.
Laying about the floor throughout the building are
electrical motors, drying hoods, and other sorts of mill
equipment.
Construction date: 1932.
Construction of service platform: 1962.
VI. Refractory Brick Storage Facilities:
A. Brick Shed Number One: Laid out on a north-south axis,
brick: shed number one is located approximately 150'-0" northeast
of the ferromanganese car preparation building. The wood framed
building is 50 '-0" wide x 400'-0" long x 16'-0" high to the
bottom chord of the truss. Pratt trusses support the building's
gable roof and five rectangular box monitors. The wooden trusses
have 1 1/4" vertical steel tie rods. Corrugated metal sheeting
on the roof and sides of the building makes up its exterior. An
approximately 10"-0" wide x lO'-O" high entrance exists in the
middle of the north and south walls of the building.
Located within the building are several pallets containing
refractory bricks. The bricks were stored for later use in the
relining of iron and cinder ladles, ferromanganese casting cars,
the blast furnaces and the hot blast stoves.
Construction date: 1910.
B. Brick Shed Number Three: Brick shed number three is laid
out on a north-south axis and is located approximately 50'-0"
northeast of brick shed number one. The wood framed building is
50*-0" wide x 350*-0" long x 16'-0" high to the bottom chord of
the truss. Wooden Pratt trusses with 1 1/4" vertical steel tie
rods support the building's gable roof. The building's exterior
is made up of corrugated metal sheeting on its roof and sides.
An approximately 10'-0" wide x lO'-O" high entrance exists in the
middle of its northern wall. The southern wall of the building
has been knocked down.
The interior of the building contains several pallets of
refractory bricks. The bricks were used for the same purpose as
those stored in brick shed number one.
Original construction date: 1910.
Construction of 80'-0" southern extension: 1918.