West Virginia University - Monticola Yearbook (Morgantown, WV)

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An aid to swifter transportation, Welrton Steel ' s new Lodestar will help promote more orders and work for Weirton People. A WEIRTOIV PRODUCT SINCE 1790 Grand old relic of Weirton ' s first blast furnace built in 1790. The first blast furnace west of the Alleghenies was established by Peter Tarr In 1790 on King ' s Creek, just north of the present site of Welr- ton. This famous furnace, with a capacity of not more than two tons a day, cast the cannon balls used by Commodore Perry against the British In the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Today, In West Virginia, the steel Industry is centered in the Northern Pan- handle, almost within sight of the decaying relic of Peter Tarr ' s blast furnace. mem-

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Permanent exhibit of nnodern steelnaaking has been presented to West Virginia University in Morgantown by the Weirton Steel Connpany. The exhibit which shows the raw materials Weirton People use and the finished products they make in the Weirton mills is con- tained in two walnut display cabinets especially designed for a prominent location in the new Mineral Industries building. Weirton ' s Quality Control department keeps these displays refresh- ed and up-to-date, maintaining them on a perma- nent basis. Students of metallurgy study the ex- hibits as follow-up to classroom lectures. There ' s Weirton, That ' s Where We Live — These Weirton stu- dents enrolled at the University proudly point to location of home town In Northern Panhandle. STEEL PRESENTE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY BY WEIRTON STEEL COMPANY WEIRTON, W.VA. ' I Topographic Map of West Virginia is centered between the Weirton Steel Company exhibit display cases. 1 SI MROIMA ceN JSYL J JA - iiiLi-iJEl i J-r ' ti, ■ ■ ■ JK Limiii I ' lg ■

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