On the slab-heating furnace

Skids on the slab-heating furnace allow reheated slabs of steel to slide down to rollers that convey the slabs to the continuous strip mill. At the Indiana Harbor plant of the Inland Steel Company.

Publication date: 1937-05-23

Size: 7.7 x 4.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Indiana Harbor (East Chicago, Ind.)

Subject(s):

• Furnaces--Indiana--East Chicago--1930-1940
• Inland Steel Company--Facilities--Indiana--East Chicago--1930-1940
• Steel industry--Indiana--East Chicago--1930-1940
• Steel--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 23, 1937), p. 9

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm). Studio