Submitted by da_london_09 t3_11uvvd6 in pittsburgh
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[deleted] t1_jcq8d1j wrote
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DoctorCAD t1_jcq96vg wrote
That's right...it should be the Shell Caucasian Plant.
SouthHillsPeeper t1_jcq9ntc wrote
it was a zinc smelting plant
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HomicidalHushPuppy t1_jcqctfn wrote
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Pennsylvania_Petrochemicals_Complex
>The location of the plant has had a long history as an industrial site. Both Horsehead Corporation and Koppers had plants on the site
SouthHillsPeeper t1_jcqd2q3 wrote
no, it was built in the exact same location as the horsehead smelting plant.
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EricGuy412 t1_jcqgc1x wrote
Absolutely looks like something Godzilla would destroy
Matiki81 t1_jcqj87q wrote
Ugly as fuck.
sethrow_26 t1_jcqkw31 wrote
Can't believe they need a facility this big just to make crackers
billfriedman9987 t1_jcqoeyr wrote
These things need to be in the middle of nowhere
Aethenil t1_jcqovep wrote
I'm not gonna act like all those pipes and stuff aren't visually cool. To me at least.
Obviously not a fan of what it's doing to the area though. Feels like all our opposition has been proven right in a short amount of time.
Chris19862 t1_jcqr8ii wrote
chad4359 t1_jcqrvds wrote
They are making really big crackers
Unfair_Mail_1835 t1_jcquks8 wrote
Big Ritz and Oyster Crackers
Slight-Ad-3306 t1_jcqxlm9 wrote
It is really pretty driving up on it at night, notwithstanding the pollution and what not
ttsignal24 t1_jcr3x0q wrote
Pretty awesome.
Shorthawk t1_jcr5p3x wrote
In the pockets of big dough.
Shorthawk t1_jcr5vo6 wrote
And they're still apparently trying to get through the process of funding one closer to where I live. Wonder if how things have gone for this plant will affect any. (I used to live in the PGH area in my teens. Currently live like 2 hours south along the Ohio River)
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pAul2437 t1_jcrh2va wrote
What’s it doing to the area?
artful_todger_502 t1_jcrkyai wrote
I'm a huge environmentalist now, but my dad was in steel in the 60s, and when you were on the south side looking over the river at the Mills that were going 24/7 back then, it was very impressive as a kid. All the flames shooting up in the air, crazy lights and reflections on the Monongahela, it was a really visceral experience for a little rug demon. I don't remember a lot now, but that is etched into my memory.
amped1one t1_jcrneqw wrote
Its cracking gass to plastics
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amped1one t1_jcrni82 wrote
Beautiful!! It took lits of union labor to build! Hope they build the other one down the road!!
billfriedman9987 t1_jcrs9lp wrote
No, like, not in beaver county
amped1one t1_jcrsebq wrote
Its the best thing that coulda happened to that blighted area
billfriedman9987 t1_jcrsr2k wrote
Blighted*
dalnee t1_jcrstnc wrote
Have you heard about the plants -St Joe,, Horsehead that were there before them? Fucking Chernobyl
amped1one t1_jcrsxa0 wrote
01Arjuna t1_jcrxq3a wrote
There was talk about putting one in across from Moundsville, WV (Dilles Bottom, OH) where the old power plant used to be. It seems like it has been forever delayed.
BananaNutPresident t1_jcrzhqw wrote
Worst saltines I’ve ever had. 0/10.
die-jarjar-die t1_jcs3ij1 wrote
I worked for a summer in the maintenance garage at the previous Horsehead Zinc plant on that site. Good times.
wmyinzer t1_jcs6coa wrote
Damn that's a beautiful facility. Largest project of it's kind in the country for a period of time.
wmyinzer t1_jcs6k31 wrote
What did Horsehead make at that plant? Ingots, shot? I assume they had a few smelters.
die-jarjar-die t1_jcs6uof wrote
Various size ingots from what I can remember. I do remember someone mentioning that the zinc could eventually end up in breakfast cereal.
wmyinzer t1_jcs9wzt wrote
I work for a galvanizing line (continuous HDG for steel sheet, not just dipping in a kettle) so your comment caught my attention. We typically use the 1 ton ingots to replenish our bath. Between my line and our two sister lines in the area we're probably using 50+ tons a day.
die-jarjar-die t1_jcsad3g wrote
Would that be considered a "drap line"? My dad snuck me into the steel plant in Midland and showed me that new continuous line. The craziest part were the smelters though.
wmyinzer t1_jcsb6tj wrote
I'm not familiar with the "drap" verbiage. If the plant you visited had smelters for steel it was mostly likely a large integrated mill and you were in the melt shop/LMF section. I think ATI (stainless sheet) has or had a plant in Midland, PA.
Continuous hot-dipped galvanizing lines are smaller in comparison. If the plant you visited had a pot/kettle that they were feeding zinc ingots into then it was a HDG line.
KommieKon t1_jcshvdc wrote
Where’s Rico Rodriguez (from Just Cause) when you need him?
Neat-Pangolin1782 t1_jcsle3e wrote
Plenty of crackers already there. Am I right?
Absquatula t1_jcsmc6k wrote
The Satisfactory player in me appreciates the clean design.
The environmentalist in me weeps, however.
dee_emcee t1_jctb4dg wrote
Came here for this cracker comment!
jerryhallo t1_jcteywq wrote
Mordor
Numerous-Two-7550 t1_jctocwx wrote
Massive air pollution that you can smell taste drink and breath
pAul2437 t1_jctzyvn wrote
You experienced this personally?
alvst6 t1_jcu4zuq wrote
r/evilbuildings
Numerous-Two-7550 t1_jcue8hs wrote
Yes? Is this a joke? You’re clearly not from here.
Wouldwoodchuck t1_jcuhgqc wrote
“”Big Biscuit”
pAul2437 t1_jcukq5u wrote
I’m not from beaver. Pittsburgh is affected by clairton Coke works though
humpthedog t1_jculzxj wrote
Looks pretty badass at night lit up
da_london_09 OP t1_jcuo6oa wrote
I was going to go back last night for shots, but the cold and wind just got to me. Planning on some night shoots soon though.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jcv5g6p wrote
> Dilles Bottom
nice
ItsDaedAgain t1_jcvbegd wrote
I know this place sucks and everything but goddamn I love industrial design. It's so beautiful
Willow-girl t1_jcvzzuj wrote
Nice to see it without flames shooting up anywhere.
Neat-Pangolin1782 t1_jcx0zvr wrote
Please down vote me a hundred times because you're offended. I'm right and if that bothers you, you don't actually get the issue at hand.
Ordinary_Pain1848 t1_jcyu4ky wrote
Yeah, I’d say i don’t think we will ever see that plant come to fruition. They did all the ground work to prep for it. When PTTGCA’s investment partner Daelim Chemical USA of South Korea withdrew everything kind of went cold. Nothing new has really been reported on in the last year or so.
Ordinary_Pain1848 t1_jcyuzgm wrote
The terminology for DRAP lines would be as follows; Direct rolling, annealing, and pickling.
01Arjuna t1_jczob6b wrote
It's a shame they did all that work to tear out the power plant and then it doesn't get used for anything.
Ordinary_Pain1848 t1_jczvxwl wrote
Yeah, always sucks to see a cool old power station bite the dust. Sure would’ve been a cool museum but i imagine it would’ve been hard to really convert into any sort of museum.
It was an older, smaller coal fired power plant, only producing 568MW. The plant was decommissioned in 2011, demolition began in 2015 and was completed in 2016.
LeveragedPittsburgh t1_jcq6ngq wrote
That’s racist.