From another list: "But remember, giant steel mills mostly made plain carbon steel. Production of alloy steels was and is a much smaller-scale process for the most part--excepting stainless, which is certainly a major-tonnage material--and so alloy steel production certainly was and is much more dispersed." The writer distinguishes between mills making carbon steel and those making "alloy steel." While I am not convinced that this separation makes complete sense . . . were the mills on the ERIE in Youngstown and elsewhere such that they could be classified as one or the other? Or do we end up with three lists: those that made carbon steel exclusively, those that made alloy steel exclusively, and those that were switch-hitters? SGL La vita e breve, mangiate prima il dolce! E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.12760 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------ End of EL Mail List Digest V3 #3163 ***********************************
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