Edgar Thomson's Steel Works / Pennell. – Antique Print
![Edgar Thomson's Steel Works / Pennell., [1909] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fe/febb803830f5-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Edgar Thomson's Steel Works / Pennell., a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Edgar Thomson's Steel Works / Pennell.
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Pennell's etching shows the Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, on the Monongahela River just upstream from Pittsburgh, with a railroad bridge crossing the scene and smoke hanging over the mill. The works opened in 1875 as one of Andrew Carnegie's major steelmaking plants, named for the Pennsylvania Railroad executive who had been his mentor. Pennell, an American printmaker and illustrator, made a series of Pittsburgh industrial views around 1908 and 1909, when the city's smoke and furnaces were drawing national attention. The print is worth noticing for how it turns heavy industry into a study of light, air, and structure.
| Created / published | [1909] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Wuerth, no. 517. Signed in pencil. |
| Subjects | Steel industry--1900-1910. Railroad bridges--1900-1910. Air pollution--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,147 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219357 |
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