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LONE STAR'S MODERN PIPE MILL by B. C. DOI.PHI.\ , Chi/f RtM.iuii /'n^ifhiT, l \ki*r Cumpatty ami R. F. KIRCH.XER, l-Jh'-'l! C>`mpi;riy. Chrtltind, t)hio This photograph shows the leading end of a partially formed pipe as it emerges from the fifth pass of the forming mill. _\ February 1. 1953, production of oil country pipe Mas 0 begun at the new steel plant of I.one Star Steel Coittpanv, Lone Star, Texas. This completely integrated steel mill, representing a Slju.OOOjOOO investment, includes blast furnaces, open hearths, slab and rolling mills, and two modern electric resistance weld pipe mills. Range of size produced is I Vi in. to 6 in. on the