REMARKABLE MACHINERY USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL.

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THE number and complexity of the mechanisms to be found in a modern steel works is a surprise to most people who visit such a place for the first time. The old-fashioned methods of hand ling material have been sti|>er-

Steel- Works' Machinery.

seded by machinery. The dominant word in the steel works of to-day is speed. Managers for ever cry out, " Faster, faster," and the engineer racks his brains to respond. A glance at the high-speed and almost automatic machinery to be seen in the steel works of to-day convinces one that the engineer has replied most effectively. Some of the large works turn out as much as 2,000,000 tons a