ABSTRACT
This chapter explains about the Fairless works established by the United States Steel Corporation on the tidal Delaware river for the purpose of using Venezuelan ore. It is not practicable to operate a single blast-furnace, if it is integrated with steel production, because it has periodically to shut down for relining and maintenance work. At the opposite end of the steel-making process, the rolling-mill shows even bigger economies with greater size. The lay-out of the steel works and the relative positions in it of the furnaces, the charging machines and the bay where the scrap-boxes are filled is important. This chapter discusses that small dealers or pedlars scour the countryside to sell to the larger, who sort and grade the material, and pass it on to the steel works. It illustrates that the newest and biggest American iron and steel developments have been on the eastern seaboard.
