Evolution from Early Furnaces to Bessemer and Open-Hearth Steelmaking
United States - Circa 1946: Archival reel traces steelmaking’s evolution: ancient Chinese cast iron stoves and a 20-ft lion; medieval European furnaces; Hopewell Furnace (1761, Pennsylvania) charging charcoal, ore, and limestone with water-wheel air blasts to tap “pig iron.” The 1856 Bessemer converter tilts to blow air through molten metal, burning off carbon in a brilliant jet. Siemens-Martin open-hearth follows, ushering mass-production of steel. (Footage by Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images)
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Credit:
Editorial #:
2241807795
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
January 01, 1946
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.More information
Clip length:
00:04:00:13
Location:
United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit H.264 4K 3840x2160 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
4k2918-2
- 1940-1949,
- 4K Resolution,
- American Culture,
- Ancient,
- Archival,
- Beginnings,
- Black And White,
- Business Finance and Industry,
- Cast Iron,
- Change,
- Coal,
- Development,
- Documentary Footage,
- Economy,
- Editorial,
- Evolution,
- Factory,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Finance and Economy,
- Furnace,
- HD Format,
- History,
- Horizontal,
- Industry,
- Limestone,
- Melting,
- Metal,
- Metal Ore,
- Metallurgy,
- Plug Adapter,
- Pouring,
- Raw Footage,
- Real Time Video,
- Slanted,
- Steel,
- Steelmaking,
- USA,
- Video with Sound,