| OCR Text |
Show . Jl a!- . fiTlgrh ' FT . : This collector flue gather v,1 i L ' 'U i J t ; I J . , gasses from open hearth p .- ' , j 5 " ' " J ' " I - V f-"'1- ' -' tvvi - , furnaces. I -; " ...,.. " j! j! ; , ,i ' iJ t 1 i . i ! il 1 v ' V. , , S h-j j 4 j ' i a, . ., i , ' . ' .pr:A . -, ;J - .... " '-03 - J C ' , ;J'A r-U-Ji-.: ?fpra ' i v.;v t 7 vT tt'Krr":: '; k n , .7 1 1N t 1 ' V s ,.1, 1 ' I i-r 'fjj Giant units feed gasses 10 precipitators for cleansing. !' , i f . 1. ' . 1 Control room for precipi- t -i-: I- ,- tyti r L. il jL-.J 1 , 1. . . .:uJhjcsQ.lJtA t Geneva's "Operation Good Neighbor19 lie stad tlat sIIro is smte Central Utah air is ItrSikl s'ac ia swallows its own smoke is one was conceived, design- jp l 1 virtually free of fluor- of the achievements of "Operation Good Neigh- ed, constructed and M ffl ides, thanks to "the I I I K bor," the United States Steel program at Geneva placed into operation 253 stack that swallows its SWLL-LjL Works of the Columbia-Geneva Steel Division to within four years after rlra 1 smoke." 'i'IfIhjSR t control the emission of undesirable substances the problem was de- 11 yl i , ... 5'' into the air. tected. This required csi IWcX its n At Geneva, there are virtually clean smoke- thousands of man- smoke in specially designed equipment extending s.tafcks at e?CT? Pen heath furna5e ?d at the hUrS ?.f WOrk fan?n?he f , .. , , along the base of many stacks. The gases are "ntcring plant, source of nearly all of the Ouor- expenditure of millions of dollars Several com- treated with a lime compound, converting them ldcs Piously emitted. New equipment absorbs plete pilot plants were constructed during expen; totinyparticlcswhichareproccsscdandattracted ncfrly a" ""desirable materials, and has been mental phases, many different processes tested by electrostatic precipitator acting as a huge doin6 so for more than 2Vi f "d formation accumulated from throughout magnet, then they are hauled away as solids- Tests are made every day -and these tests the nation. Columbia-Geneva and cooperating eliminated before they reach Utah's atmosphere. that efficiency has been achieved. There is research talent pioneered new fields to solve a still steam and some smoke coming from Geneva evy problem and win the fight against air pol- stacks, but it's "healthy" (free from undesirable lution. " " v 7 quantities of fluorides) a symbol of a thriving X PIONEERING FOR imlfrv . , ... . y ' " ' Pioneering for prosperity m Utah is a tradi- fl f Trrf) PRO S P E rTty ( Clearing the air was not an easy accomplish- tion at Columbia-Geneva Steel Division, emplia fill 1 ,s ment. Although the problem was entirely new sized again by pioneering in research which pro I J t 'fes to the stcol industry, corrective equipment duced " the stack that swa 1 1 own its smoke." XJ "ilTO GENEVA WORKS - COLUMBIA-GENEVA STEEL DIVISION ;V; '''-:-x::'::: mtiBB -. 'tr Tr am V .-. .; v-';:-:-;X iim 1. ! Hi. i iii.i.niMi. 1 ..int. ii.m iLiii Mi,miii n iiiiii., in" - - - ii' mil mil"- .i ."imi'Tf ii rr 1 -n n. i'ii 1 1 Tii'i'.i'- '1'- f l r .t.-...- ....... .. "--r'-'-tYrtt rt |
