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American Steel Co.’s electric furnace shop


The American Steel Company, a com- posite of several U.S. steel mills operat- ing in the early 1960’s, is situated in River City and shares some trackage with the River City & Western Rail-


road. The mill receives coal, coke, and iron ore from mines east of River City, and limestone and lime from west of the city. It ships product in both direc- tions, some to industries served by the


RCW and some beyond. The ASC en- gines and rolling stock are hand-me- downs from a variety of steel mills, most of which have disappeared or changed names, but otherwise live on in the memories of those of us who worked in or for them. Steel-making operations at ASC start with the blast furnace on the east side of River City, where iron ore, coke and limestone are converted into molten pig iron and slag. The coke is either shipped in from a merchant coke plant or is made in the company’s own coke bat- tery. The molten iron is moved via bottle cars or Pollock ladle through the RCW yard to the steel-making plant on the


This top view (left) shows the ladle crane trolley suspending the spreader bar and the J-hooks for the ladle. The ladle crane structure (center left) brings the ladle- man’s cab down to the teeming level. The stopper rod assembly is in place in the la- dle (below right). Here (below), the teem- ing crew is at work. Note the crane opera- tor inside the ladleman’s cab.


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