What is the Rolling Mill Project?

Youngstown Steel Heritage has embarked on a once in a lifetime project to create a working steam driven demonstration rolling mill at our facility.  In 1997 we got our start by preserving the mighty Tod Engine, a stationary steam engine that once drove a 24" merchant mill at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Brier Hill Works.  In 2024 we acquired components of the 14" shape mill from the former McDonald Steel and am now drafting plans to install the mill adjacent to the Tod Engine.  

When complete, we envision a series of operating days where the Tod Engine is operated on steam, turning the rolls to form steel bars into various sizes and shapes to demonstrate the steel rolling process.  It is extremely rare for any rolling mills to be preserved and practically unheard of to actually have one in operating order, so this project truly is something unique.