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Charging Open Hearth Furnace, Inland Steel, East Chicago, IN
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Charging Open Hearth Furnace, Inland Steel, East Chicago, IN

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1979; printed 1995
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/8 × 11 inches (25.07 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (27.76 × 35.38 cm)
Credit LineGift of David and Sandra Plowden
Object number2015.18.34
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "David Plowden 1979"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Charging Open Hearth Furnace / Inland Steel East Chicago Ind"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "[?] -1630-S-2 / 25f16 1:1 1/2 + 2"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "9/27/95"
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DescriptionImage of steel mill with furnace tipping to pour metal; tiny shards surround the space resembling rain.
Copyright© David Plowden
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