U.S. Steel Corporation, Clairton Works, 14-Inch Mill Engines No. 1 & No. 2, 400 State Street, Clairton, Allegheny County, PA
Summary
Survey number: HAER PA-49-B
Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Steam Machines, Engines, Locomotives. In 1781 James Watt patented a steam engine that produced continuous rotary motion. Watt's ten-horsepower engines enabled a wide range of manufacturing machinery to be powered. The engines could be sited anywhere that water and coal or wood fuel could be obtained. By 1883, engines that could provide 10,000 hp had become feasible. The steam engine was one of the most important technologies of the Industrial Revolution.
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Hooven, Owen & Rentschler
Duff Construction Company
U.S. Steel Corporation
Curry, Field, field team
Boucher, Jack E, photographer
Yearby, Jean P, historian
Location
Clairton (Pa.), 40.29409, -79.87284
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html