- Alton Steel
Alton Steel is a
steel manufacturer, based inAlton, Illinois . The company is a reincarnation of the Laclede Steel Company, which halted operations of its mill in 1998. [cite web |url=http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/January/03_enrd_033.htm |title=U.S. & Illinois Reach Settlement with Bankrupt Laclede Steel to Facilitate Clean-up & Reopening of Alton, Illinois Mill |publisher=U.S. Department of Justice |date=2003-01-22] The company enteredbankruptcy in 2001, and emerged from bankruptcy in 2003 with the new name. [ [http://www.azom.com/details.asp?newsID=847 Bankrupt Laclede Steel Re-Open Doors ] ]History
Laclede Steel was incorporated in 1911, and owned one electric furnace, and owned mills in city-state|Alton|Illinois, city-state|Fairless Hills|Pennsylvania, city-state|Vandalia|Illinois. Its products included strip, hot rolled bars, wire and plate.
Laclede was one of the companies contracted by the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to supply steel for construction of theWorld Trade Center in 1967.cite news |title=Contracts Totaling $74,079,000 Awarded for the Trade Center |publisher=The New York Times |date=January 24, 1967] The Port Authority chose to use many different, smaller steel suppliers such as Laclede, bidding on smaller portions of steel, rather than buy larger amounts from a single source such asBethlehem Steel orU.S. Steel as a cost-saving measure.cite book |author=Gillespie, Angus K. |year=1999 |title=Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center |publisher=Rutgers University Press |pages=p. 83]Working in the steel mill was featured in an episode of
Dirty Jobs .References
*cite web | url=http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:AEMzVXy0vAgJ:www.steelnews.com/companies/producers/laclede_archive.htm+Laclede+Steel&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk | title=Laclede Steel Background | accessdate=2007-05-17 | publisher=SteelNews.com
External links
* [http://www.altonsteel.com/index.html Alton Steel] (official site)
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