Closed in Youngstown Ohio
by Janice Pariza
Title
Closed in Youngstown Ohio
Artist
Janice Pariza
Medium
Photograph - Photography Art
Description
A very old and very steel closed industry in Youngstown, Ohio, evidence of urban plight. This sits on Routes 62/7 joining Albert Street and is part of The Albert St Project.
This was a Republic Steel plant, the Truscon division, where they made steel trusses. The Avanti was a Studebaker they built in the 60s that other companies built when the company folded. The Cafaro’s bought the company, moved the production to the old Republic mill in Youngstown.
The whole mill complex is demolished and they make the Avantis in Mexico now.
This was taken in Spring, 2020.
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Mahoning County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Youngstown had a city proper population of 66,982, making it the 9th-largest city in Ohio.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company was established in 1899 through a consolidation of various rolling mills and blast furnace plants primarily in the central and southern states. Capitalized at over $55 million, the company was one of the largest organizations to emerge at the end of the 19th century. It included thirty-six bar-forged iron plants, five blast furnaces, and numerous mining concerns (Lake Superior ores, Connellsville coke, and Alabama coal). Many of the facilities, however, were outmoded, and Republic moved to acquire new facilities while consolidating existing facilities to maximize production efficiency (this often involved shifting machinery between plants). Of particular concern to Republic was the enhancement of its steelmaking capabilities to supply their finishing mills. In its first year, Republic actively sought additional mining properties and purchased open-hearth plants in Birmingham, Alabama, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Youngstown, Ohio.
In the eight months between May, 1899 and the end of the year, Republic produced 525,951 tons of goods, including merchant bar iron and steel, foundry and mill pig iron, a large percentage of finished products such as nuts, bolts, washers, rivets, nails, railroad spikes, shafting, axles, and a variety of specialty items. By 1900, Republic was recording gross assets of over $17 million. Between 1899 and 1905, the general offices of Republic Iron and Steel were located in Chicago, after which they moved to Pittsburgh until 1911 when operations were centered in Youngstown, Ohio. In 1936, the headquarters would move again to Cleveland, marking a greater orientation toward the Great Lakes, and Republic's largest consumer, the automobile industry.
The first decade of Republic's existence centered around the modernization of existing facilities, the consolidation of holdings and the removal of antiquated plants and machinery to maximize the production of steel and more highly finished products. By 1912, Republic's production of ore increased 117 percent, coke increased 236 percent, pig iron increased 128 percent, steel ingot increased 195 percent and finished products increased 46 percent. Employment at this time fluctuated between a high of 24,574 and a low of 14,442. During World War I, Republic acquired the Bessemer Coal and Coke Company of Alabama (with its yearly production of 1.4 25 million tons of coke from 1656 beehive ovens), and the DeForest Sheet and Tinplate Company of Niles, Ohio. At a cost of $4 million, DeForest included twenty-eight sheet mills, two jobbing mills, five cold rolling mills, and a galvanizing plant.
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March 13th, 2020
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Comments (6)
Chad Lilly
Beautiful image! The architecture is quite similar to the Republic Steel - Union Drawn Division and the Standard Drawn Plant #3, both of which still stand in Beaver Falls, PA. The old Union Drawn plant still produces cold drawn products and the old Standard plant is home to a metal fabrication shop.
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