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Show 137 sheet and strip 48,010 tons; wire 11, 5Z0 tons; plate 5, 716 tons; wire 11, 5Z0 tons; plate 5, 716 tons; structural shapes 1,004 tons; and all other of carbon steel types tons;ZZ 513,643 alloy steel bars and bar shapes 3Z9, 975 tons; all other types of alloy steel 173, 404 tons; all types of stainless steel were used in the manufacture of mechanical 1,630, Z08 net tons of steel consumed. by TIns this group) g roup also used per and base 6, Z63 tons, and, also, 7,060 (approximately was 13 935 used to alloys in an manufacture were produce iron and caattngs , stel forgings. 33, 766 tons of cop tons of aluminum and aluminum 164 such Western establishments in 1947, and they average of totaked $Z8. 5,845 persons during 5 added in the United States 'of st'eel and steel this group. rtng instruments. fabrication. There employed .mea su castings 95 per cent of the total steel net tons of iron copper-base alloys and 6,348 net tons of steel castings the year. million, approximately 3. by fabricators. was The value added Value added 5 per cent of that An estimated 60, used in the manufacture of figure by 041 net tons products by upon which this estimate based was did notLnclude totals for six establishments in the Mountain States. Mechanical measuring concerns, three in equipment was instruments Washington and were one dn produced by 67 firms in manufactured by 4Z California Colorado; California, Photcgraphic three ea.ehdn Oregon ZZThe reason this figure is so large is that all types of carbon steel consumed in the production of iron and steel forgings (with the exception of bars and bar shapes) have been combined to preclude dis closure of individual operations. |
