Thank you for sharing this. Great video. I really need to get back there and see this stuff. Merry Christmas.
@MatthewBerginGarage
9 ай бұрын
Nice Vid for a Christmas morning. When I started working at Dofasco in Hamilton 37 years ago I started as an electrician on the ore bridges. It was one of my favorite jobs. We had three bridges two 25 tons and one newer bridge capable of 35 tons. They were all about 600 feet long and 85 feet to the main level. Much bigger than this one. The small ones had a 600 Hp motor generator set and the larger #3 bridge MG set was 1200 Hp. They were very fast the new #3 bridge hoist ran at 350 ft/min with 35 tons of ore in the bucket. We didn't use a dumper as we just ran the ore cars up the highline and dumped directly in the blast furnace ore bins. Our ore field stored about 12 million tons for the winter. Thinking of me on these old beasties gave me a nice feeling and that I thank you for. Merry Christmas to everyone there and wish you and yours a wonderful year ahead.
@YoungstownSteelHeritage
9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad you liked it. Yep this bridge is rather small compared to many others.
@MatthewBerginGarage
9 ай бұрын
@@YoungstownSteelHeritage Still it looks very similar just single track instead of double. The new Ore Bridge was from the early 70's I think and the other two were from the 50's. I'm retired now and I have to visit the J&L and see the mill steam engine. I worked on a 5 stand 56" Temper mill and other finishing mills and I know what it takes electrically to roll steel so I just want to see the steam equivalent in person. That baby looks massive.
@jeffdayman8183
9 ай бұрын
I've never seen this end of a steel mill documented before, and this was an excellent explanation of the details. Thanks again Rick. I'll bet the coffee and brats in the shanty by the retarder, cooked on the coal stove, would be something great. Cheers!
@davelewandoski4292
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for another great video Professor Rick! If you have the time longer videos would be great!
@darylcheshire1618
9 ай бұрын
In Port Augusta, the coal train would go to the power station. The couplings could be rotated so the cars weren’t disconnected but rotated to empty the coal. The cabooses were low profile so they can fit in the car dumper. Later the cabooses were no longer used.
@s16100
9 ай бұрын
Fascinating. Thank you. And Merry Christmas.
@PRR5406
9 ай бұрын
If they had no coke, could they use Pepsi?
@BIBSTERSrepairshop
9 ай бұрын
They could but it made the iron not taste quite the same
@number2664
9 ай бұрын
That car dumper must used a lot of power
@williamkelley7654
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your hard work and Merry Christmas!
@gikar1948
9 ай бұрын
I worked a few shifts on the ore car dumber at Weirton Steel in the early 70s during the winter months. It was a cold place to work with all the metal and the wind blowing through the structure. One thing you did not mention was that the entire ore car was violently vibrated when it was turned up side down. This had to be done to get the frozen ore to slide out of the car.
@tomgorney8868
9 ай бұрын
Truly amazing what your doing. 😮😮
@elsdp-4560
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Very much enjoying this series.👍
@jaybailey3518
9 ай бұрын
This place should still be operating.
@nevillethomas7321
9 ай бұрын
P.S. cedar falls rail yard new haven, CT is abandoned but those interchange break mechanism is intact - view some photos online have good one god bless!
@martynbuzzing3327
9 ай бұрын
Very interesting. I'm assuming it's going to be a long term restoration.
@coolruehle
9 ай бұрын
Great video Rick!
@robertsanders6463
6 ай бұрын
Thanks Rick
@craigpalmer9196
9 ай бұрын
jan,feb and march the soo locks are closed so the corp of Enginrees to work on the locks,thoughts on the USSteel sale? merry christmas
@mhbpodnk
9 ай бұрын
Glad it’s being preserved be nice if you could get it back operational to show how it all actually worked
@bcbloc02
9 ай бұрын
A bit difficult since it would probably take a crew of a 100 and it has to run 24-7 365 because it is a continuous process. My dad worked for USS for awhile in the 80's and I can remember being in the steel plant watching the big ladles being transported to the open hearth steel furnaces and it was super loud and hot.
@YoungstownSteelHeritage
9 ай бұрын
If you would like to see how a car dumper similar to this one works, the Heyl & Patterson car dumper in Huron, OH is still in operation. This video shows it in operation. kzitem.info/news/bejne/lHeptmR5hoeFaJwsi=sPnXdnwpKhxP0HB0
@trottermalone379
9 ай бұрын
KZitem turned me on to your channel a few days ago. Thanks for doing this! Enjoy your content and style! Grand Dad worked for Superior Steel in Benton Harbor, MI, and I always wondered about our once world class steel industry. The Carrie Furnaces are now on my list of places to visit. Is it possible to get a better look at that car dumper? It must have had some big counterweights itself? How did the ore exit the dumper hopper? Conveyor? Tractor?
@YoungstownSteelHeritage
9 ай бұрын
I'm not finished with the car dumper yet. We still have to explore the machinery space up on top, control pulpit and transfer car.
@trottermalone379
9 ай бұрын
👍👍@@YoungstownSteelHeritage
@trottermalone379
9 ай бұрын
And a Very Merry Christmas!!!@@YoungstownSteelHeritage
@RailPreserver2K
9 ай бұрын
I'd love to see all the rail related stuff for this restored so that demonstrations could be given the show how all of this actually worked
@YoungstownSteelHeritage
9 ай бұрын
There certainly is a lot of potential for industrial railroading preservation here.
@RailPreserver2K
7 ай бұрын
@@YoungstownSteelHeritage indeed, maybe the youngstown museum could move here in the future, theres a lot more room and it'd be a very accurate setting for everything you guys have :).
@teddill4893
9 ай бұрын
That is so cool! Is there plans to put track (not serviceable) back in place? Or maybe just a line of pavers showing the track lines.
@YoungstownSteelHeritage
9 ай бұрын
No current plans but if the right people and funding comes around, anything is possible.
@Joshtubeofficial
9 ай бұрын
Is it possible to make a exact Replica of a E2?
@kelvintorrence5994
7 ай бұрын
where is this place at in Pittsburg and do they ever want to sell the little switcher off
@fxsrider
9 ай бұрын
Just think if they had pivoted the design a few degrees.
@shopdog831
9 ай бұрын
Would make a kool steel meusium
@Douggiefresh55
9 ай бұрын
How is the 62 doing
@darylcheshire1618
9 ай бұрын
in the day it would have been dark, smoky and noisy.
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