Name/Title
Dumping Slag PaintingEntry/Object ID
2023.59.1Description
Painting of a train dumping containers of molten blast furnace residue (slag) into a pit on property owned by USS Lorain Works. View from possibly the 21st Street bridge area - or at least this was a sight many remember seeing from the 21st Street Bridge.Context
"At night, before we had TVs, many Lorainites could be found from time to time parked near the 21st St. overhead bridge watching National Tube dumping fiery slag from huge rail car ladles as part of the steel making process." - Margaret MolnarAcquisition
Accession
2023.59Source or Donor
Marsico, Mary KayAcquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Brown, P.S.Role
ArtistTime Period
20th CenturyNotes
Slag Granulation Plant (SGP) / Slag Dumping Yard:
During the process of iron making, the impurities are fluxed and removed as
slag. The hot liquid slag is made into slag granules by means of high
pressure water jets in the Slag Granulation Plant in the Cast House itself
(sometimes separate SGP is located at a distance from the furnace proper).
If the slag is not granulated in SGP, it is poured in the Slag Dumping Yard.