0006 Madeline Block and her brother Philip D. Block, Jr., stand ready to light the Madeline No. 2 blast furnace at the Inland Steel Company Indiana Harbor Works, 1912
| Description: |
This photograph depicts Madeline Block, daughter of Inland Steel Company co-founder Philip D. Block, Sr., and her younger brother, Philip D. Block, Jr., poised to light the second blast furnace at Inland Steel Companys Indiana Harbor Works in East Chicago, Indiana. Of the nine blast furnaces at IHW, seven are named for Madeline Block. |
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| Origin: | 1912 |
| Created By: |
Inland Steel Company |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IS/id/12 |
| Collection: |
Inland Steel Company Image Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright IUPUI University Library. Copyright permissions granted for educational use by IUPUI University Library |
| Subjects: |
Furnaces Steel Steel industry Block, Madeline |
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