STEEL The Diary of a Furnace Worker By CHARLES RUMFORD WALKER

Foreword

Contents

I CAMP EUSTIS—BOUTON, PENNSYLVANIA

II MOLTEN STEEL—AN INITIATION

III THE OPEN-HEARTH—NIGHT-SHIFTS

IV EVERYDAY LIFE

V WORKING THE TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR SHIFT

VI BLAST-FURNACE APPRENTICESHIP

VII DUST, HEAT, AND COMRADESHIP

VIII I TAKE A DAY OFF

IX "NO CAN LIVE"

EPILOGUE A Furnace-Worker Talks over the Twelve-Hour Day

EPILOGUE