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This page is a Tribute to all the Men, Women
and Children
of the Coal, Steel, Iron and Railroad Industries.
National Geographic—1918
BENEATH THESE BARE ROCKS LIE THE SOLIDIFIED
SUNBEAMS
A SNOW-COVERED DOUBLE HEADER AT THE END
OF A RUN
COAL PIERS AT NEWPORT NEWS, VA.
A TINY GUARDIAN OF THE MINER'S WELFARE
HOW NOT TO PREPARE A BLAST
TAMPING HOME THE BLAST
AN ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE MOVING A MINE TRAIN
THE MULE STABLES IN A COAL MINE
FATEFUL HOURS AT A MINE SHAFT (Death
Watch)
BREAKER BOYS AT LUNCH TIME
THE INCLINED-PLANE ELEVATOR OR AN ANTHRACITE
BREAKER
A JACKHAMMER DRILL AT WORK, DRIVEN BY
COMPRESSED AIR
THE VIADUCT AT NICHOLSON, PENNSYLVANIA
NAVIGATING THE PENNSYLVANIA HILLS
IN A BIFURCATED BARGE
THE FAMOUS HORSESHOE CURVE ABOVE ALTOONA
A BLAST FURNACE OF AT SOUTH BETHLEHEM
ONE OF A THOUSAND MONUMENTS TO THE
COAL MINER
THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ORE STORED IN
A JOHNSTOWN YARD
ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEAR COLUMBIA,
PENNSYLVANIA
PORTION OF ONE OF THE BIG OPEN-PIT
MINES ON THE MINNESOTA RANGES
PARK POINT OR MINNESOTA POINT AND
DULUTH HARBOR
WOMEN DOING THEIR BIT IN AMERICAN
MUNITION FACTORIES. (World War I).
GIGANTIC PRESSURE PRESS FOR STAMPING
CYLINDERS OUT OF STEEL PLATES
THE FINISHING SECTION OF A BIG RAIL
MILL
STEEL RAIL PASSING THROUGH A ROLLING
MILL
LOADING ORE INTO CARS AT ASHTABULA,
OHIO
HULETT UNLOADER REMOVING THE ORE FROM
A LAKE FREIGHTER
LOADING STEEL RAILS IN CARS, USING
AN ELECTRO-MAGNET CRANE
INDUSTRY BEHIND THE WAR: PITTSBURGH
AT NIGHT
A DROP HAMMER FORGING AN AXLE FOR
A RAILROAD CAR
BUILDING MODERN STEEL PULLMANS, THE
ACME OF COMFORT AND SAFETY
PULLING AN ORE STEAMER OUT OF POE
LOCK: SOO CANAL
TAPPING AN OPEN-HEARTH FURNACE IN
A STEEL MILL
BESSEMER CONVERTERS AT WORK
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