Photographs From The Great Lakes Steel Corporation.

These Photographs From The Great Lakes Steel Corporation, were taken by Arthur Siegel in November 1942 for the Office Of War Information, an agency created during second world war to consolidate government information services. They show the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, one of the few steel companies to survive Throughout the Great Depression as a profitable company, producing steel as part of the U.S war effort. The images of active, productive industry, were to be used for propaganda and informational studies. All photographs are courtesy of The Library Of Congress.

Coal tower over Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

Coal feeders on tip of coke ovens, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

Coal pusher apparatus with coal storage, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich.

Coke being pushed into a quenching car, Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation, Detroit, Mich.