Washington Steel Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Washington Steel Corporation
label: Former owner
content: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
label: Inventor
content: Sendzimir, Tadeusz, 1894-1989
topic: label: Topic
content: Iron and steel industry
label: Topic
content: Mills
label: Topic
content: Steel industry and trade
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Washington Steel Corporation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Washington Steel Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection contains photographs and safety materials from the Washington Steel Corporation, a manufacturer based in Washington, Pennsylvania.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Washington Steel Corporation was founded by T.S. Fitch in 1945.  Based in Washington, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, the Washington Steel Corporation was known for its use of Tadeusz Sendzimir's Z-Mill for cold-rolling stainless steel. Instead of using multi-stand four high rolls Sendzimir's Z-Mill used a clustered nest of rolls, like two inverted pyramids (1-2-3-4 configuration).  The company won fame within the industry when its steel was used in the construction of the Atlas missile used to launch the first American spacecraft to orbit the Earth, the Friendship 7.  As the steel industry declined in the United States, the firm was purchased by the Lukens Steel Company in 1992, which was in turn purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1997.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: .75 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1994
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry, 2017.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1443
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographic slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Materials are arranged as a single series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Miles Lawlor; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist, August 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection primarily consists of photographs of the Washington Steel Corporation's plant and its employees from its founding in 1945 through the 1970s.  Many of the photographs depict company dinners or outdoor events.  Some photographs document work within the steel mill. Most of the photographs were labelled and numbered upon receipt by the Division of Work and Industry and have been arranged based upon this numbering scheme.  The collection also contains employee safety materials produced by the United Steelworkers.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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