Worker operating machinery at the Republic Steel Corporation plant in Gadsden, Alabama.

"This scene at Republic Steel's Gadsden, Ala. plant shows hot rolled strip steel entering the tower at the new pickling line which began operations in mid-1964. In the tower the strip is sprayed with hydrochloric acid, which leaves it with a clean, scale-free surface."

Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/4595
Description
Summary:"This scene at Republic Steel's Gadsden, Ala. plant shows hot rolled strip steel entering the tower at the new pickling line which began operations in mid-1964. In the tower the strip is sprayed with hydrochloric acid, which leaves it with a clean, scale-free surface."