GCI Steel

GCI Steel Erectors is a structural and miscellaneous fabricator and steel erector.

[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Welding damaged aluminum beer barrels at Anheuser Busch in St. Louis, MO, in January 1944. The kegs were welded with 3/16" Aluminweld electrode, using a Shield-Arc Jr. welder.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Starting an automatic fillet weld with a Lincolnweld tractor unit at Riverside Steel Co. in Martins Ferry, OH, in January 1945.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - A Lincoln Stable Arc Welder at the R.R. Kitchen Co. in Wheeling, WV, in November 1928.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Welding rear axle housings at Olds Motor Works in Lansing, MI, May 1938.

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Flashback Friday® - Welding a joint on a seven-mile branch gas pipeline between Ottowa and Marsailles in Northern Illinois in January 1935.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - The Lincoln Electric exhibit at the National Metal Show, held at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, OH, Oct. 20-25, 1940.

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Flashback Friday® - When a mile of this 30" pipeline exploded in February 1951, the welds, both longitudinal and circumferential, held while the plate tore apart.

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Flashback Friday® - The fabrication team at the American Bridge facility in Gary, IN, preparing column and spandrel components for use in the construction of the Sears (now Willis) Tower in Chicago, IL, which broke ground in 1970.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Welding 15-ton coal transport bodies at the Freuhauf Trailer Company in New York, NY, in December 1940.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Lining a water well with tubing in Kenton, Harrow, England, in October 1938. After each length was welded, the hole was dug out to allow the tubing to drop. Total depth = 40 ft.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - An Electronic Tornado welding machine being used to construct Airflex couplings at the General Tire and Rubber Co. of Akron, OH, in November 1941. The 28-7/8-in. couplings were welded in under six minutes.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Welding a longitudinal bracing angle to the column flange during the repair of a railroad viaduct in Conneaut, OH, in September 1940.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - In December 1949, a young boy watches as his father (John Taylor) prepares to make repairs with his engine-driven welder at Lawrence and John Taylor's farm.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Fabricating a bend in a 12-in. gas line at the KMA Oil Field in Wichita Falls, TX, in October 1938.

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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Welding the furnace breaching for the hot air duct of a large industrial dryer (12 ft. x 18 ft.) at the Chicago Metal Manufacturing Co. in August 1940. #FlashbackFriday #WeldRed #WeldRedNation

[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Six welders working on the pusher head of a scale breaker (or slab squeezer) in June 1939. Without welding, the mill would have been shut down for several weeks. #FlashbackFriday #WeldRed #WeldRedNation

[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Check out this vintage #WeldRed catalog from 1954⁠! #WeldRedNation

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Flashback Friday® - Welding an aircraft motor mount at the American Metal Products Co. in Detroit, MI, in October 1943. ⁠
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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Welding a new bridge floor near Boonville, Mo., in November 1938. Four Lincoln Shield-Arc Welders and 6,000 lbs. of Fleetweld 5 were used on this job. ⁠
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[Lincoln Electric @LincolnElectric]

Flashback Friday® - Fabricating the stainless steel trimming for the edge band of a "Good Luck" kitchen range in 1939. The cost for welding, grinding, and buffing the edge band was $1.

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