[Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon and dolomite container cars are these?
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Group;
I apologize. Upon further examination, I think those are Calcium Carbide containers. They were shorter in body, and had smaller capacity chambers.
Calcium Carbide was a critical ingredient in iron and steel-making. It was used in desulphurization of iron, and as fuel in steelmaking to extend scrap ratio to liquid iron, or as deoxidizer at ladle in treatment facility.
That stills leaves me with where they came from!
Elden Gatwood
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Eric Hansmann
Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 2:20 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon and dolomite container cars are these?
The image title is: Filling scrap charging bucket, Laclede Steel Company (Alton, Ill.). Here’s a wiki page on the successor, Alton Steel. I wonder if the B&O served the plant.
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gregory peet <gap49001@...>
One source of Calcium carbide was Sault Ste Marie, MI Greg Peet still hunkered down in Portage MI
On Friday, December 4, 2020, 3:04:44 PM EST, Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote:
Group;
I apologize. Upon further examination, I think those are Calcium Carbide containers. They were shorter in body, and had smaller capacity chambers.
Calcium Carbide was a critical ingredient in iron and steel-making. It was used in desulphurization of iron, and as fuel in steelmaking to extend scrap ratio to liquid iron, or as deoxidizer at ladle in treatment facility.
That stills leaves me with where they came from!
Elden Gatwood
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Eric Hansmann
The image title is: Filling scrap charging bucket, Laclede Steel Company (Alton, Ill.). Here’s a wiki page on the successor, Alton Steel. I wonder if the B&O served the plant.
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Gatwood, Elden J SAD
Thanks, Greg! That is very interesting, and would figure.
Elden Gatwood
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of gregory peet via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2020 11:01 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io; main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [RealSTMFC] Whose gon and dolomite container cars are these?
One source of Calcium carbide was Sault Ste Marie, MI
Greg Peet still hunkered down in Portage MI
On Friday, December 4, 2020, 3:04:44 PM EST, Gatwood, Elden J SAD <elden.j.gatwood@...> wrote:
Group;
I apologize. Upon further examination, I think those are Calcium Carbide containers. They were shorter in body, and had smaller capacity chambers.
Calcium Carbide was a critical ingredient in iron and steel-making. It was used in desulphurization of iron, and as fuel in steelmaking to extend scrap ratio to liquid iron, or as deoxidizer at ladle in treatment facility.
That stills leaves me with where they came from!
Elden Gatwood
From:
main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Eric Hansmann
The image title is: Filling scrap charging bucket, Laclede Steel Company (Alton, Ill.). Here’s a wiki page on the successor, Alton Steel. I wonder if the
B&O served the plant.
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