Continuous Rounds Caster
Object number2007.6.44
Artist
Jess Hager
Date1983
Mediummat board, foam board, watercolor paper, watercolor paint
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionWatercolor painting in primarily orange/rust/yellow. Two walkways, shown against molten-looking strands. Two white round lights at top.Dimensions25.75 x 16.156 in. (65.4 x 41 cm)Signed"Jess Hager © '83" in lower right.
Inscriptions "4" circled in pen on back.
Historical NotesPurchased from artist Jess Hager, through World West Galleries, Washington, PA.Label TextContinuous Rounds Caster, by Jess Hager, watercolor, 1983 Hager captured the new continuous rounds caster at the Lorain (Ohio) Works. Able to cast more than 500,000 tons annually, the painting shows six strands of steel passing through cutoff torches as they move along the caster's cooling beds. With two new slab casters added at the Gary and Fairfield Works in 1984, U.S. Steel had the capability to produce the highest volume of cast steel of any domestic steelmaker.
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
Subjects
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