Youngstown Steel Heritage Preservation
Thursday, December 2, 2010

2010 Year in Review

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2010 proved to be the busiest year in our organization's history.  We started off the new year with a new name, since the "Tod Engi...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Youngstown Invention Comes Back Home

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This railroad car, designed to transport 70 tons of molten iron between the blast furnaces and steelmaking furnaces in an integrated steel ...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Westinghouse Corliss Steam Engine Removal

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  Work has begun on the preservation and removal of this 26" x 54" x 48" cross compound Corliss generating engine donated by ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Big Changes in the Works!

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On November 22, 2009 the Tod Engine Foundation will become the Youngstown Steel Heritage Foundation. The new name better describes our miss...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Tod Enginehouse Progress

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Here are the latest images of the enginehouse now that the Morgan crane has been installed. I am planning to hang the rest of the steel sid...
Friday, October 16, 2009

The Steelwork is Erected

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The steel framework of the Tod Enginehouse has been erected, and next week once the weather improves we will install the roofing and sidewal...
Friday, September 11, 2009

Crane Runway Prep Work

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The two overhead crane runway girders for the enginehouse were purchased secondhand for half the cost of new steel. They both need a few gu...
Monday, September 7, 2009

Progress Report for Sept. 7

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While many Americans celebrated Labor Day today by taking the day off, your s truly was hard at work building more concrete forms for the To...
Sunday, August 2, 2009

Engine House Construction August 1, 2009

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The Morgan crane received its first coat of Caterpillar yellow today. This color is a bit more pleasing than the bright canary yellow which ...

Engine House Construction July 20, 2009

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The four footers for the south piers of the enginehouse were poured on July 20. Each 6' x 6' x 12" pad was poured with 5,000 p...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Work Begins on the Tod Enginehouse

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Now that we spent another $1,500 for a civil engineer to design a stormwater retention system for the Heritage Park property, the Youngstown...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

"Sheet and Tube" Crawler Crane Joins Collection

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Recently the Tod Engine Foundation purchased this 1950s Insley model K12 crawler crane. The crane has a capacity of 12 tons at 10 foot radiu...
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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Morgan Crane Removal Part 1

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On Friday, February 27 I hired AB Crane and Steel Service to bring their 30 ton Grove truck crane to Masury, OH to begin the major dismantli...
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Monday, February 9, 2009

New Tod Engine Youtube Channel

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In our efforts to continue educating the people of the Mahoning Valley and the world about the industrial heritage of our fine area, the Tod...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Hot Strip Mill-Everything in Motion

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