RUST BELT IN KENTUCKY


The Amanda blast furnaces of A-K Steel (formerly ARMCO Steel) in Ashland, KY


More detail of one of the Amanda furnaces showing the skip hoist and the stoves


A huge overhead crane at the Amanda furnaces above the stockpile of iron ore


CSX train passes A-K Steel's blast furnaces in Ashland, probably on its way to the nearby Russell Train Yard.


A view of A-K Steel's steel mill in Ashland as viewed from across the river in Ironton, OH


A-K Steel operates these coke ovens on the other side of Ashland


Saturday evening at A-K Steel's coke plant between Ashland and Catlettsburg, KY


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