I don't think those are duck boards, more like planks covering a pit.
Most of Mesta's plant was driven from below. Difficult to drive
overhead, when the majority of the product was shifted by
overhead crane.
Ingot casting pits at the Mesta Machine Company. West Homestead, PA. 1910/1920.
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Carnegie Steel Company Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. 1893.
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Billet chutes at the Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. 1908.
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jimfols (Sep 11, 2022)
One guy descaling tremendous quantity of iron or steel billets. What leads me to state that?
Only one work coat hanging on the bridge crane upright, off to his left.
Unsure how billets make it from chutes to area between crane span, or how the stacking occurs under crane rail.......
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Self-propelled scale car by Howe Scale of Rutland, VT. 1905.
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Brown electric hoist unloading ore carrier. Buffalo, NY. 1908.
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72-inch mill rolling plate at the Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. 1941.
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