Tapping Furnace at Westinghouse Foundry
Tapping Furnace at Westinghouse Foundry
Clip: 493168_1_1
Year Shot: 1904
(Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1150
Original Film: Biograph 2919
HD: N/A
Location: Trafford City, Pennsylvania, USA
Timecode: 00:08:56 - 00:14:05
Tapping a furnace at Westinghouse foundries in Trafford City, Pennsylvania. A large bucket is lowered into a big brick lined pit in FG by male workers using machinery. Molten material from a furnace is poured into the bucket using a slide. The bucket, which has flames spurting up from inside (and sparks and ash flying around), is lifted up from the pit by a crane.