Eliza: Remembering a Pittsburgh Steel Mill
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0943231094 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 104 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Stunning look at a lost icon Now gone, the Eliza furnaces of Jones and Laughlin once had a place on the Pittsburgh skyline. Prior to, and including their demolition, Mark Perrott snuck through the fences to record these pictures, which are some of the finest industrial photographs published in a long time. Some of the most moving photograph show the areas where men and women worked, and how ghostly those areas are when the workers have gone. In some photos, it looks almost like some sort of biological weapon or neutron bomb has killed. ELIZA: REMEMBERING A PITTSBURGH STEEL MILL Interesting. I worked for two summers during college (196ELIZA: REMEMBERING A PITTSBURGH STEEL MILL James F. Savage Interesting. I worked for two summers during college (1964 & 1965) at the Eliza Blast Furnaces. I thought the book would have more photos of the mill when it was working. My grandchildren think it's pretty cool that I worked in a steel mill but this book doesn't quite tell the story of the slag or the 2000+ degree iron that came out of the six furnaces. But overall it was an interesting read down memory lane.. & 1965) at the Eliza Blast Furnaces. I thought the book would have more photos of the mill when it was working. My grandchildren think it's pretty cool that I worked in a steel mill but this book doesn't quite tell the story of the slag or the 2000+ degree iron that came out of the six furnaces. But overall it was an interesting read down memory lane.. "An awesome and awful beauty" according to Daniel Klein. If you were in 'da 'Burgh in the 1970's and 1980's, this book will ring very true and bring back memories, even if you never set foot inside a mill. Beautifully shot and printed, it recalls an awesome and awful beauty that was the steel industry in Pittsburgh.
It employed over 5,000 people and symbolized the Steel City's greatest industrial power. In recording the demolition of Eliza, photographer Mark Perrott evokes the spirit of a vanished industrial heritage. In 1977, the plant was closed and eventually razed. 56 duotone photographs.. For 122 years, the massive Jones & Laughlin Steel blast furnace, nicknamed "Eliza," belched fire and smoke into the Pittsburgh skies