Fort Frick Photography

Acrisure Stadium.

The Carrie Furnace at sunrise with a light fog from a few weeks ago.

Jack’s light trails from last February , with my old which was by far the favorite camera I’ve ever owned. I sold it last year as I was able to get far more than I paid for it for a 3 year old well used camera due to online craze.

I am hoping my pre order for the new version is measured in months not years though as I miss it.

The classic view of Edgar Thomson, but anytime I catch the Union Railroad in action, I stop and take a photo even on a dreary winter day.

I haven't been able to catch the fancy new battery powered locomotive from US Steel's commercials, but I suppose that's assuming they've been used since that ad was filmed.

Anyone know how they are performing?

Heinz 57...

A photo of the old HJ Heinz complex just after sunset (now apartments / lofts), while I was passing the time waiting for my kids at Sarah Heinz House.

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Blast Funaces, bottle cars, and the Westinghouse bridge from a few weeks ago.

In the 1970's there were over 100 blast furnaces in the USA, in 1990's that number was down to about 50, and today that are only ~ 12 operating. Two of which are at the Edgar Thomson Works. The figures aren't exact, but a general idea of the decline and rarity of still being able to photograph these in action.

I probably should have done a version of this one in the snow, but by the time I remembered, it was a bit too late Saturday morning and didn't have time to stay out any longer as I was on a mini trip to Canton this weekend to see the Pro Football HOF. I'm not really a Steeler fan, but I will say Pittsburgh fans were well represented to see the last weekend of the Steeler's exhibit there.

I did photograph them in the snow from another angle which I'll get to at some point, along with my previous post. There's always next time.

Hope everyone having a great President's Day.


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Edgar Thomson after this weekend's snow storm.

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The Carrie Furnace on a foggy morning.
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I spent some time Saturday morning redoing some of my Homestead Works stacks snow photos among other things.

This one one has Saint Anne's Catholic Church in Homestead at the top of the hill (Sometimes referred to as Saint Maximilian although that was just it's rename under a prior consolidation), as it was once my parish building for a short period of time once Saint Mary Magdalene closed, but before I moved from the area.

As a side note, they have a great fish fry during lent, and make other food throughout the year in their hall.

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The Kellie L. Fedkoe from Tow Line Services passing by the historic Carrie Furnace site as some fog begins to form on the Monongahela river.

I did a bit more editing on this one that I typically do / prefer to try to enhance the moody feel. Let me know thoughts on that if you have any. Even though it's a bit more stylized than normal, I like the way it came out.

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Edgar Thomson with a little bit of fog on the Monogahela.

Made a quick stop on the Rankin bridge last weekend, while traveling to a few other locations. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Carrie Furnace in a subzero frozen / foggy sunrise from February 2021.

I have some new Carrie Furnace photos I'll be getting to soon hopefully, but always enjoyed these ones from this particular morning.

One last Clairton photo for now. This one much later into blue hour with the flair illuminating quench tower etc.

Clairton Coke Works quench tower.

The hot coke from the ovens is quenched using water from the Mon river to stop it from burning, and the steam is being vented through these relatively new low emission style quench towers.

I was really happy with the detail in some of these closeups. I know not everyone enjoys looking at industrial photos but they are by far my favorite thing to photograph (although I prefer, and know a bit more about, the steel making side of things versus coke production). My knowledge of that is a bit limited, but it's always fun to research and learn more. I have a few more I think. I would post them all at once but it's somewhat difficult to find the time to review and edit (hence why my photos aren't posted as timely after taking as they used to be). This is from early February.

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A throwback from February 2022 of the Smithfield Street bridge to help break up the posts from Clairton.

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A panorama view of the Clairton Coke Works. I may have another panorama I'll post from later in the morning, but I'll probably move on to other close ups of various parts of the plant first.

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The back of the Clairton Coke Works Boiler House from about a week ago. I have quite a few Clairton photos on the way, and likely will make another trip or two soon.

Hope everyone having a great Super Bowl Sunday. As far as the game, I think KC wins by two touchdowns although I'm not a fan of either team.

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A long exposure from in front of the Mr. Rogers Memorial from same evening as the sunset photo I posted a few days ago. However, obviously from a bit later in the evening near the end of blue hour but there was still some residual light.

Black and White of Edgar Thomson in the fog from a few weeks ago.

I've already shared a slightly different color version. I don't post a lot of black and white (although I love it), as it's very difficult to do correctly and I sold my favorite camera to take them with a while back (Fuji).

Too often it's used to hide less than ideal lighting, but I thought this one might have a purpose as it somewhat enhanced the foggy look in my opinion. I could be wrong, let me know what you think if it works or if you'd like to see more black and white.


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Remnants of sunset from last Friday.

A panorama from the Mr. Rogers Memorial. I really liked the the way the last few moments of light looked on the buildings and sky

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The Cathedral of Learning on a cloudy morning with sun briefly shining through at sunrise.

Hail to Pitt!

Saint Anthony's in Millvale (I think they call it Holy Spirit now), three years ago today. A good reminder to get back into photographing churches and to get back to Millvale in general.

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A moody (and hazy) sunrise, from late January, at the West End Overlook.

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A lower view of Edgar Thomson in the fog.
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First of the a few foggy morning photos at Edgar Thomson from a few weeks ago.

My original intention was to do another time lapse from here, but it started misting rain a few minutes into it, making the plant difficult to see, and decided to cut it short.

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Back (again) to the North shore with another bridge photo when the Allegheny was partially frozen with a layer of snow on top of the ice.

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The Homestead Works soaking pit stacks through the frame of the gantry crane.

This one is from 2021, and I've been playing around with the edit a bit since I never did anything with it originally; as it's on my to do list to redo the composition this winter with some snow.

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A close up of the Andy Warhol bridge in the fog.

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Some fog from late January. There were only a few moments where various buildings were visible. I tried a few different spots, but the fog was really dense obscuring most of the city from each spot.

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