Homestead Steel Works was a large steel mill on the Monongahela River at Homestead, Pennsylvania, originally built for the Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company and expanded rapidly after Andrew Carnegie purchased it in 1883. Like the neighboring Edgar Thomson Works, it drew on tributary coal and iron fields and was served by the Union Railroad and a line of lake steamships, and it was the site of one of the most notable labor disputes in United States history, the Homestead strike of 1892.
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SignificanceSite of one of the most notable labor disputes in United States history, the Homestead strike of 1892, making the works a landmark case in the human and political cost of large-scale industrial engineering. 1 Classification
StatusRetired or Decommissioned 1 Connections
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1. Homestead Steel Works (Wikipedia)
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Originally built for the Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company, the plant expanded rapidly following its purchase by Andrew Carnegie in 1883.
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Homestead Steel Works was a large steel mill on the Monongahela River at Homestead, Pennsylvania, originally built for the Pittsburgh Bessemer Steel Company and expanded rapidly after Andrew Carnegie purchased it in 1883.
In Group: Steel Works, Introduction
Homestead Steel Works was a large steel mill located on the Monongahela River at Homestead, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
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