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In the era of commercial wrought iron, blooms were slag-riddled iron castings poured in a bloomery before being worked into wrought iron. In the era of commercial steel, blooms are intermediate-stage pieces of steel produced by a first pass of rolling (in a blooming mill) that works the ingots down to a smaller cross-sectional area, but still greater than 36 in 2 (230 cm 2). [1]
The Texas City tin smelter is a former metallurgical plant in Texas City and La Marque, United States. It was created in 1942, during the Second World War, to secure the American production of tin from imported ores. It operates until 1991, gradually diversifying. [1]
The Galveston Bay Refinery is an oil refinery located in the Texas City, Texas Industrial Complex on the edge of Galveston Bay.It is the largest oil refinery in North America with a capacity of 631,000 barrels per day [1] and has been owned and operated by Marathon Petroleum Corporation since 2013.
Commercial Metals Company (CMC), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a producer of rebar and related products for the construction industry. Along with Nucor, it is one of two primary suppliers of steel used to reinforce concrete in buildings, bridges, roads, and infrastructure in the U.S. The company also owns Tensar, a producer of foundation ...
An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing. [1] In steelmaking, it is the first step among semi-finished casting products. Ingots usually require a second procedure of shaping, such as cold/hot working, cutting, or milling to produce a useful final product.
The Port of Texas City, operated by the Port of Texas City / Texas City Terminal Railway, is the eighth-largest port in the United States and the third-largest in Texas, with waterborne tonnage exceeding 78 million net tons. The Texas City Terminal Railway Company provides an important land link to the port, handling over 25,000 carloads per year.
The Port of Texas City is a major deepwater port in Texas City, Texas at Galveston Bay, United States. [6] Its location on the bay, which is used by the Port of Houston and the Port of Galveston , puts Texas City in the heart of one of the world's most important shipping hubs.
Sunset image taken from Texas City Dike. The Texas City Dike is a levee located in Texas City, Texas, United States that projects nearly 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east into the mouth of Galveston Bay. [1] It is flanked by the north-eastern tip of Galveston Island and the south-western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula. The dike, one of the area's most ...