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Iron Pig
Photographer: Steve Stoessel
Taken: March 28, 2020
Caption: Iron Pig
Additional Description: The furnace was tapped twice a day; each time about 6 tons of melted iron flowed into sand molds (pigs) in the casting house. Each pig weighed about 100 pounds. The drawing above shows a cross-section of a pig at about actual size top side down as it might have been stacked for transport.
Submitted: April 2, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p515325
File Size: 0.123 Megabytes

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