Two videos here. The first is steelmaking at Weirton Steel in 1987. The second is a WWII film about making 8" Howitzer shells at Weirton. It starts at about 15:00.
I'm sorry, but those guys working in the melt shop over those ingots were insane. I respect that. Giant ladle of steel and they're tapping it like right next to them. Insane. Amazing.
I grew up in Weirton and vowed never to work in the mill. I never did but I certainly didn't want to see it disintegrate. Our factories are all but closed. In the meantime steel prices are soaring because China is paying top price and making deals on other goods buying most of the world's steel production. Steel workers, executives and government let that happen.
Great video. This is what America needs to get back on top.
I worked in the tin mill for 8 months. Coolest job I ever had.
Amazing and nostalgic process
I'm sorry, but those guys working in the melt shop over those ingots were insane. I respect that. Giant ladle of steel and they're tapping it like right next to them. Insane. Amazing.
Excellent 1987 video. That was exactly how the product flow worked, from the blast furnace pig iron right through the final finished coils.
So damn awesome.
was a Weirton tradition. well Weirton will always be my home
I grew up in Weirton and vowed never to work in the mill. I never did but I certainly didn't want to see it disintegrate. Our factories are all but closed. In the meantime steel prices are soaring because China is paying top price and making deals on other goods buying most of the world's steel production. Steel workers, executives and government let that happen.
Keep dreaming. Those days are gone. Ross Perot said it best.
Wow,I want to work there!!
how many times can you say "firepower"?
It's still there...all idle except the tin mill.
Not no more
@@joechiodi5529 that was 8 years ago.
Now only the strip, sheet and tin mills are there.
Now the tin mill is idled..sigh
At 19:00, those concrete floors caused so many back problems though!