November 1941. Eastern Bessemer converter at Republic Steel in Youngstown, Ohio. Molten iron is charged with air to change it into steel for war essentials.
Sparks fly as the Foundry's new arc furnace is tilted to pour molten steel into a ladle for transfer to the Argon Oxygen Decarbonization (AOD) vessel. Photo by Chris Oxley
AUGUST 10, 1999: Water is used to cool slabs of molten steel in the hot strip mill at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Sparrow's Point division. The steel plant uses at least 300 million gallons of water per day, mostly as an absorber of heat in various processes. (Callie Lipkin/Baltimore Sun)
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A huge vat of molten steel being poured into a mold at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh, May 1942. (Courtesy of the National Archives)
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A steel worker works on molten steel, shaping it into rods for construction at Ittehad Steel Mill, Islamabad