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Six-foot Sigmund Lewandowski is dwarfed in comparison to the giant ladle of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORCRP016074" title="USX-US Steel Group" href="/topic/economy-business-finance/usx-us-steel-group-ORCRP016074.topic">US Steel</a> company January 11, 1951. The company had enlarged the capacity of its steel ladles from 192 to 215 tons. They are 14.5 feet high and slightly more than12 feet in diameter.

( ACME archive photo )

Six-foot Sigmund Lewandowski is dwarfed in comparison to the giant ladle of US Steel company January 11, 1951. The company had enlarged the capacity of its steel ladles from 192 to 215 tons. They are 14.5 feet high and slightly more than12 feet in diameter.

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