Bessemer Converter - Steel City - Pittsburgh
by Mitch Spence
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Bessemer Converter - Steel City - Pittsburgh
Artist
Mitch Spence
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Photograph
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At Bessemer Court at Station Square in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stands the massive Bessemer converter, or Bessemer Furnace. The 1930s machine was used to convert molten iron into steel. In this cityscape, the converter dramatically occupies the foreground. Beyond it is an antique red railroad car. And beyond that rise the skyscrapers of downtown Pittsburgh and the cloud-strewn sky.
The Bessemer process was a technique brought to Pittsburgh from England by Andrew Carnegie. Station Square is now a 52-acre riverfront shopping and dining complex but was originally a station for Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, and the property is a beloved city landmark.
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August 17th, 2016
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