Northwestern Steel & Wire -- 6 Photographs - 34076928131
Wikipedia says. "Northwestern Steel and Wire was a steel mill and wire factory located in Sterling, Illinois. It began producing steel in 1936 and ceased production in 2001." The full articleis at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_Steel_and_Wire The mill purchased retired Grand Trunk Western 0-8-0s at scrap prices and used them for switching scrap to furnaces for several years. Here are 6 of Roger Puta's photos taken in 1964 and 65.
- Date
- 2017
- Photographer / author
- Marty Bernard
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 2,000 × 1,355 pixels
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"Northwestern Steel & Wire -- 6 Photographs - 34076928131" (2017). Marty Bernard, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northwestern_Steel_%26_Wire_--_6_Photographs_-_34076928131.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 161512.
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