Youngstown Steel Heritage

06/23/2026

March 24, 1960.

24 blast furnaces in the Youngstown District. Lets see if we can list them from memory:

Trumbull Cliffs in Warren
Jeannette and Grace at Brier Hill
Ohio Works 1-6
Republic Steel 2-5
Campbell Works A,B,C,D
Mary Furnace in Lowellville
Anna Furnace in Struthers
Hubbard 1 and 2
Sharon Steel 2 and 3

Yep that's 24 furnaces. Previously there had been 27 furnaces in the District which included Haselton 1 and I think the two Shenango furnaces in Sharpsville. And that doesn't even include the other merchant furnaces in Sharpsville, a couple more in Sharon, one in Leetonia, Ward furnace in Niles etc. Oh and lets not forget about the Tod furnace at Brier Hill.

06/23/2026

January 3, 1968 Youngstown Vindicator

06/23/2026

06/21/2026

Sometimes you hear stories from the old timers that are too fantastical to believe on their face. One such story was that a copy of Brier Hill's blooming mill engine was built for Japan and exported there. Later on I learned that the story was true and here is the article about it.

06/21/2026

July 19, 1907 Youngstown Vindicator

06/20/2026

Be careful around engines!

06/20/2026

The flywheel drive build is progressing. Back shaft and sprocket is now in place. Waiting on a roller chain connecting link to arrive before we can see if it will be able to rotate the flywheel on the Tod Engine.

06/20/2026

We got four sticks of rail installed before one of the outrigger cylinders blew out. So tomorrow we shift gears and will work on placing ties and spiking up what we got laid out today. Great work everyone!