Original 1947 AP Wire Photo showing a bricklayer sealing a blast furnace at the Homestead Works of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Dated September 5, 1947, the image documents production being halted after a strike by 1,800 inter-plant railroad workers shut down basic operations throughout the company's Pittsburgh district mills. The original news caption is printed directly on the photograph. The photo measures approximately 6¼ x 8¾ inches. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
