Papers of Ralph D. Webb, Jr. relating to the Carnegie Steel Company, 1936-1938.

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Papers of Ralph D. Webb, Jr. relating to the Carnegie Steel Company, 1936-1938.

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The collection consists of typed, annotated, and hand-illustrated notebooks, a pictoral safety manual, and an album of machine-shop photographs, describing the processes of making, shaping, treating, and machining steel with 1930s technology. Metallurgical training materials include diagrams of chemical formulae and electron valence tables, indicating that these reference materials were utilized at a supervisory, middle-management, or research position within the company.

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University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

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Carnegie Steel Company.

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The Carnegie Steel Company was the final conglomeration of several steelworks, bridge companies and coke works under Andrew Carnegie. Beginning with the firm of Carnegie, Kloman and Company, Andrew Carnegie created several more steelworks and other companies eventually becoming the largest producer of steel in the world, while also becoming the richest man in the world. In 1901, Carnegie sold his interests in his company to financier J.P. Morgan, leading to the development of the United States S...

Webb, Ralph D.

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Ralph D. Webb, Jr., was an employee at the Carnegie Steel Company's South facility, in East Chicago, Indiana, during the years 1936-1938. Early in the 20th century, the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation originally operating at the facility was fully absorbed as the South Works of the U. S. Steel Corporation (now USX) in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Carnegie Steel Company's headquarters moved to Dusquesne, Pa., but the South Works remained in operation, and later expanded its operations into Gary. (Addi...