Industrial drawing and blueprint collection, 1907-1981 (bulk ca. 1935-1960).

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Industrial drawing and blueprint collection, 1907-1981 (bulk ca. 1935-1960).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32727569

Scope and content: The industrial drawing and blueprint collection consists of drawings, blueprints, sketches, maps, and charts from the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company (YS & T), Jones and Laughlin Steel (J & L), Sharon Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Carnegie-Illinois Steel, Kaiser Refractories, and the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. Also contained are maps of various portions of the Mahoning Valley, including the Youngstown and Warren metropolitan areas. Drawings from YS & T constitute the bulk of the collection, followed by those from J & L, which are dated after the consolidation of those companies. Represented within these drawings are important construction, engineering, and machinery firms which were vital to the steel industry. These include McClintic-Marshall Construction, Mesta Machinery, Atlas Car Manufacturing, William B. Pollock Co., and United Engineering & Foundry Company. It is unknown how the Sharon Steel, Kaiser, Erie Lackawanna, and Bethlehem illustrations came into this collection.

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Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor

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SNAC Resource ID: 7344728

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor

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Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company

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New York railroad formed by the merger of the Erie Railroad with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad on Oct. 17, 1960. On April 1, 1968, the railroad merged with the Erie Lackawanna Railway Company of Delaware. On June 26, 1972, Erie Lackawanna Railway Company entered reorganization proceedings under federal bankruptcy act; in course of proceedings most of rail assets were required by law to be conveyed on Apr. 1, 1976 to Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail); on November 30, 1982,...

United Engineering and Foundry Company.

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Carnegie-Illinois Steel.

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Atlas Car Manufacturing.

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

Morgan Construction.

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William B. Pollock Co.

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Julian Kennedy Engineering Firm.

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Mesta Machinery.

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Kaiser Refractories.

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McClintic-Marshall Construction.

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Sharon Steel.

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Jones and Laughlin Steel.

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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company

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In this decision, the Supreme Court found that the president of the United States may not order the seizure of basic steel manufacturing plants during peacetime and without Congressional authorization. On April 8, 1952, President Harry S. Truman, responding to a threatened strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), issued an executive order granting the secretary of commerce requisite power to seize the nation's major steel manufacturing plants. Secretary of Co...