[Steam-engine] Another Large Preserved Rolling Mill Engine

[Dave Merchant]

I thought I'd been all over the HAER site, but this is a new one on me!

There is a lot of stuff on steel mills in Cleveland, and the Hulett 
unloaders + docks.

Dave


At 06:14 AM 7/6/2005, you wrote:
>An often overlooked but preserved large stationary steam engine is the 48" 
>Universal plate mill engine from the US Steel Homestead Works.  It was 
>built around 1898 by Mackintosh Hemphill in Pittsburgh and is a 50" x 60" 
>two cylinder simple reversing engine.  The engine and mill was saved by 
>the Steel Industry Heritage Corp., dismantled and placed in storage in the 
>Pittsburgh area.  Maybe now that Allegheny County has acquired the Carrie 
>blast furnaces this engine and mill may find a home at that site.
>
>HAER documented the engine and mill in 1989 and the pictures are online at:
>
>http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/index.html
>
>Search for " Homestead 48 Mill ". It should be the second result.
>
>Rick Rowlands
>Executive Director
>Tod Engine Heritage Park
>William Tod 34" x 68" x 60" Cross Compound Steam Engine
>Youngstown, OH
>http://www.todengine.org/
>Photo Albums Online: http://community.webshots.com/user/todengine
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Dave Merchant
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