1963 Press Photo Tom Gorman inspects steel pipe, Watervliet Works

Allegheny Ludlum Steel - Watervliet Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation was created in 1938 by the mergerof the Allegheny Steel Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Ludlum Steel Company of Watervliet, New York. In Watervliet,the Allegheny Ludlum steel plant was located on Lincoln Avenue ,and it employed approximately 1,000 employees, many of whom were represented by labor unions, such as the United Steel Workers of America, Local 2478. The Watervliet plant manufactured specialty steel, which was incorporated into airplane motors for almost every aircraft used in the Army and Navy. In 1976, Allegheny Ludlum sold the plant to Al-Tech Specialty Steel. Al-Tech operated the plant until it went out of business in 1999.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.