Edgar Thomson Steel Works

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Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a historic integrated steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, long associated with Andrew Carnegie and regarded as one of the oldest continuously operating steel plants in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
industrial facility ⓘ
steel mill ⓘ
associatedWith Andrew Carnegie ⓘ
category 19th-century industrial architecture in the United States ⓘ
Industrial buildings and structures in Pennsylvania ⓘ
Steel mills in the United States ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1875 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
employer steelworkers in the Pittsburgh region ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation historic industrial site in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasPart basic oxygen furnace ⓘ
blast furnace ⓘ
coke works ⓘ
rail yard ⓘ
hasTechnology Bessemer process (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Bessemer process

integrated steelmaking process ⓘ
heritageStatus one of the oldest continuously operating steel plants in the United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance early adopter of the Bessemer process in the United States ⓘ
key facility in the rise of the Carnegie steel empire ⓘ
inception 1872 ⓘ
industry steelmaking ⓘ
locatedIn Allegheny County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Allegheny County

Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Monongahela River Valley ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Monongahela River ⓘ
namedAfter Edgar Thomson ⓘ
near North Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rankin, Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableFor association with Andrew Carnegie and the Carnegie Steel Company ⓘ
continuous operation since the 19th century ⓘ
operator U.S. Steel ⓘ
ownedBy U.S. Steel ⓘ
partOf American steel industry ⓘ
Mon Valley Works ⓘ
Pittsburgh metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburgh region
product steel ⓘ
steel rails ⓘ
steel slabs ⓘ
region Western Pennsylvania ⓘ
startOfOperation 1875 ⓘ

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Braddock, Pennsylvania → knownFor → Edgar Thomson Steel Works ⓘ
Braddock, Pennsylvania → hasLandmark → Edgar Thomson Steel Works ⓘ
Alexander Lyman Holley → designed → Bessemer steel works at Braddock, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Thomson Steel Works
U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works → hasPart → Edgar Thomson Plant ⓘ
linked to: Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Edgar Thomson → hasNamesake → Edgar Thomson Steel Works ⓘ
Edgar Thomson → associatedWith → Edgar Thomson Steel Works ⓘ