Thank you for documenting the Carrie Furnace site and for sharing the photos. This history disappears too quickly. I took a tour of the site this weekend and came away with a feeling of awe and sadness. How much I wish those furnaces were still producing pig for Mon Valley mills.
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing these. When I was in my early teens we were exploring this place while it was in the last stages of demolition and a few of your photos capture the site exactly the way it was when I first saw it. I'd love to see more of your collection at some point.
I have your book. Its really an amazing book. Sure is a shame to see all the mills gone. I used to work at Edgar Thomson works, it was a once in a lifetime job and am so proud to have worked there.
Thank you really and truly for all these pictures, both these and the ones of the actual Homestead works. Without them, so little would be documented about this mill's demolition. It's like no one else cared about bulldozing arguably the most important American steel mill in history. It's sad. I never got to see any of the Homestead mill still standing except for what's there today, I was born too late. I didn't even really get into the steel history until I went on a tour at Carrie a few years back but since then I've longed to see more of the mill. Your pictures are about the best there is. So again, thank you, really, for letting me see my lost and forgotten heritage
+Dwurban MC You are most welcome. I felt the same as you do and tried to photograph what I could. I have a book titled "Lost Steel Plants of the Monongahela River Valley" available at Amazon or Barns and Noble Books. Arcadia Publishers, Images of America series.
Robert S. Dorsett I might have to go pick one up. Like I said, you really captured what pretty much no one else did. I've actually used a lot of your photos as reference for a project I've been working on. I'm trying to recreate Carrie Furnace as it appears today in Minecraft (which if you don't know is a computer game where you can build pretty much anything out of blocks. Think of it like upscaled LEGOs) If you'd like to take a look at what it looks like so far, you can find it here: www.planetminecraft.com/project/carrie-furnace/
+Dwurban MC Looks like a lot of good work there. Nice to see the Carrie deer reproduced as well. I see you've taken the trouble to learn a lot about the buildings, that's good. Don't forget the 1892 Battle of Homestead and the Labor history that happened here! Thanks for sharing your work! email rsdorsett@comcast.net
Robert S. Dorsett Thank you very much. And yeah it took almost a year to get it where it is now. Last year I went on tours at Carrie *7* times to get as many pictures of the smallest details as I could. And also, you mention the 1892 Strike, I did also make the pump house, and it has it's own page on that website. Ill keep you posted on updates if you want
I know what they did with the Homestead site across the river. I know that there is a River of Steel History trail & museum that visits the Carrie furnace site. Will there ever be develop at the other steel/furnace sites? They could make the n'hoods more attractive or least turn these spaces into parks & recreational areas.
Thank you for documenting the Carrie Furnace site and for sharing the photos. This history disappears too quickly. I took a tour of the site this weekend and came away with a feeling of awe and sadness. How much I wish those furnaces were still producing pig for Mon Valley mills.
Great stills! Loved the music!
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing these. When I was in my early teens we were exploring this place while it was in the last stages of demolition and a few of your photos capture the site exactly the way it was when I first saw it. I'd love to see more of your collection at some point.
I have your book. Its really an amazing book. Sure is a shame to see all the mills gone. I used to work at Edgar Thomson works, it was a once in a lifetime job and am so proud to have worked there.
Thank you !
I hate to see mills brought down like this. Brakes my heart.
Thank you really and truly for all these pictures, both these and the ones of the actual Homestead works. Without them, so little would be documented about this mill's demolition. It's like no one else cared about bulldozing arguably the most important American steel mill in history. It's sad.
I never got to see any of the Homestead mill still standing except for what's there today, I was born too late. I didn't even really get into the steel history until I went on a tour at Carrie a few years back but since then I've longed to see more of the mill. Your pictures are about the best there is. So again, thank you, really, for letting me see my lost and forgotten heritage
+Dwurban MC You are most welcome. I felt the same as you do and tried to photograph what I could. I have a book
titled "Lost Steel Plants of the Monongahela River Valley" available at Amazon or Barns and Noble Books. Arcadia Publishers, Images of America series.
Robert S. Dorsett I might have to go pick one up. Like I said, you really captured what pretty much no one else did.
I've actually used a lot of your photos as reference for a project I've been working on. I'm trying to recreate Carrie Furnace as it appears today in Minecraft (which if you don't know is a computer game where you can build pretty much anything out of blocks. Think of it like upscaled LEGOs) If you'd like to take a look at what it looks like so far, you can find it here: www.planetminecraft.com/project/carrie-furnace/
+Dwurban MC Looks like a lot of good work there. Nice to see the Carrie deer reproduced as well. I see you've taken the trouble to learn a lot about the buildings, that's good. Don't forget the 1892 Battle of Homestead and the Labor history that happened here! Thanks for sharing your work! email rsdorsett@comcast.net
Robert S. Dorsett Thank you very much. And yeah it took almost a year to get it where it is now. Last year I went on tours at Carrie *7* times to get as many pictures of the smallest details as I could.
And also, you mention the 1892 Strike, I did also make the pump house, and it has it's own page on that website. Ill keep you posted on updates if you want
+Dwurban MC Cool! please do keep me updated. Yes, I've seen the pump house work also. All the best to you! ---Bob D.
Homestead was one of the birth places of Unionization. Look up Homestead Labor Strike.
When were carrie furnaces 4&5 demolished?
I know what they did with the Homestead site across the river. I know that there is a River of Steel History trail & museum that visits the Carrie furnace site. Will there ever be develop at the other steel/furnace sites? They could make the n'hoods more attractive or least turn these spaces into parks & recreational areas.
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