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