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Rankin, Pennsylvania

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Borough in Pennsylvania, United States Rankin Borough Rankin Bridge Location in Allegheny County and the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40°24′40″N 79°52′44″W  /  40.41111°N 79.87889°W  / 40.41111; -79.87889 Coordinates: 40°24′40″N 79°52′44″W  /  40.41111°N 79.87889°W  / 40.41111; -79.87889 Country United States State Pennsylvania County Allegheny Area [1]  • Total 0.50 sq mi (1.30 km 2 )  • Land 0.44 sq mi (1.13 km 2 )  • Water 0.07 sq mi (0.17 km 2 ) Population (2010)  • Total 2,122  • Estimate  (2016) [2] 2,069  • Density 4,734.55/sq mi (1,828.00/km 2 ) Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))  • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT) FIPS code 42-63408 Website Rankin Borough Rankin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 miles (13 km) south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. The borough was named after Thomas Rankin, a local landowner. [3] Early in the 20th century, Rankin speciali...

Steelmaking

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Steel mill with two arc furnaces Steelmaking is the process for producing steel from iron ore and scrap. In steelmaking, impurities such as nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur and excess carbon are removed from the raw iron, and alloying elements such as manganese, nickel, chromium and vanadium are added to produce different grades of steel. Limiting dissolved gases such as nitrogen and oxygen, and entrained impurities (termed "inclusions") in the steel is also important to ensure the quality of the products cast from the liquid steel. [1] Steelmaking has existed for millennia, but it was not commercialized on a massive scale until the 19th century. The ancient craft process of steelmaking was the crucible process. In the 1850s and 1860s, the Bessemer process and the Siemens-Martin process turned steelmaking into a heavy industry. Today there are two major commercial processes for making steel, namely basic oxygen steelmaking, which has liquid pig-iron from the ...

William Herbert Corbin

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William Herbert "Pa" Corbin Yale Bulldogs Position Center Career history College Yale (1886–1888) Personal information Born: July 20, 1864 Union, Connecticut Died: April 14, 1945 (1945-04-14) (aged 80) Hartford, Connecticut Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 185 lb (84 kg) College Football Hall of Fame (1969) William Herbert "Pa" Corbin (July 20, 1864 – April 14, 1945) [1] [2] was an American college football player for the Yale Bulldogs football team for Yale University from 1886 to 1888, during which time the team posted a 31–0–1 record. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. Contents 1 Early years 1.1 Yale 2 Teaching career 3 Tax commissioner 4 Death 5 References Early years Corbin was born in Union, Connecticut, the son of William Melvin Corbin, a manufacturer and merchant who served in the Connecticut General Assembly, for one session as a representat...

Tom Shevlin

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Tom Shevlin Born: ( 1883-03-01 ) March 1, 1883 Muskegon, Michigan Died: December 29, 1915 (1915-12-29) (aged 32) Minneapolis, Minnesota Career information Position(s) End College Yale High school The Hill School Career history As coach 1906–1909 Minnesota (assistant) 1910–1915 Yale (assistant) Career highlights and awards 3x Consensus All-American (1902, 1904, 1905) 2x national champion (1902, 1905) Camp All-time All-America team College Football Hall of Fame, 1954 Thomas Leonard Shevlin (March 1, 1883 – December 29, 1915) was an All-American football end and coach at Yale University and a millionaire lumberman. He was a consensus All-American three of his four years, selected a first-team All-American by some selector in all. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Contents 1 Early years 2 Athlete at Yale 2.1 Football 2.2 Track and field 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Automobile racin...