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Iron and Steel Industry of Wheeling, West Virginia

Langdon White
Pages 274-281 | Published online: 09 Jun 2016

  • If a Detroit buyer purchased steel from a Cleveland mill, he paid the price f.o.b. Pittsburgh and in addition the freight rate (the “Plus”) that would have been assessed against shipment from a Pittsburgh mill.
  • “Direct” ore is delivered from ship to waiting railway cars under the unloading machines for immediate shipment to inland furnaces, whereas “dock” ore is placed in huge stock piles at the rear of the unloaders and carried inland during the winter.
  • Hibbing to Duluth-Superior—84 miles; Duluth-Superior to Huron—795 miles; Huron to Wheeling—166 miles.

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