Mesta Machine Co. Photos

August 4, 2008

For machine tool history junkies (sadly, the machine tool industry in the U.S. is largely history), I found a marvelous set of historical photos of the Mesta Machine Company in Homestead, Pa. Mesta for decades was largest steel making machine tool company in the world and was located next to U.S Steel’s former Homestead, Pa. Works. It was even on Nikita Kruschev’s itinerary in his visit to the U.S in 1959. Sadly, Mesta like the rest of steel industry in Pittsburgh vanished between 1975-90. It’s assets were acquired by WHEMCO in 1983. The hundreds of photos from the first quarter of the 20th century show what a power Mesta and the U.S. were in steeling making and heavy industry (now there’s a term you don’t hear much any more).

Posted by John Dodge on August 4, 2008 | Comments (3)

November 5, 2009

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Kulasek commented:

I was reading about Pearl Mesta (Chris Matthew mentioned her name in Hardball) and searched for what happened to the steel plant. Thanks for posting all the photos. They are nostalgic.

May 19, 2009

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td53q commented:

Hired by Mesta Computer Services

September 3, 2008

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Hello commented:

We have ben removing machines from the USA and shipping them across the sea. We have lost our heritage, regretably we have not been replacing it with a new one. What are we going to be a nation of consumers, last time I checked it dont pay to just consume, where is the order in this cahos?

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