The Making of the Empire State Building [AX9639_1]
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Factual Factory- Stock Footage, (black & white/no sound) New York- Empire State Building with Beacon Tower- 1250 feet high. The Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pa, is the subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation. Huge ingots, weighing many tons, are brought to required temperature in "soaking pits" and rolled into preliminary shapes in the blooming mill. The Universal plate mill, where slabs are rolled into cover plates for columns. Once the rolling is completed, the plate passes on to the cooling tables. Beam and Column Finishing Mill. The roughing stand of the finishing mill rolls the shape to the desired size for the intermediate stand. Final rolling is then done. The finished product is then sent to the American Bridge Company's fabricating shop at Ambridge, Pa. Rivet holes are cut into the pieces and they are ready to be put to use.Factual Factory- Stock Footage, (black & white/no sound) New York- Empire State Building with Beacon Tower- 1250 feet high. The Carnegie Ste...all »Factual Factory- Stock Footage, (black & white/no sound) New York- Empire State Building with Beacon Tower- 1250 feet high. The Carnegie Steel Company in Homestead, Pa, is the subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation. Huge ingots, weighing many tons, are brought to required temperature in "soaking pits" and rolled into preliminary shapes in the blooming mill. The Universal plate mill, where slabs are rolled into cover plates for columns. Once the rolling is completed, the plate passes on to the cooling tables. Beam and Column Finishing Mill. The roughing stand of the finishing mill rolls the shape to the desired size for the intermediate stand. Final rolling is then done. The finished product is then sent to the American Bridge Company's fabricating shop at Ambridge, Pa. Rivet holes are cut into the pieces and they are ready to be put to use.«
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