Accelerator Building

Accelerator Building
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Accelerator Building
Cyclotron Forging Plates 4
II: Buildings and Grounds
Here is a late stage in the forging operation at the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company in which the ingot has assumed the final rectangular cross section and has increased several times in length. During this operation, the ingot must be returned to the furnace for reheating whenever the temperature falls below the safe limits.
Steel mills | Forges | Ingot | Furnaces
Bethlehem Steel Company, Publications Department
Undated
Photographic prints; 19.4 x 24.2 cm
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Archival Photographic Files
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
apf2-00131

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