it was an electrolytic process developed by charles martin hall in the 1880's. right here in pittsburgh the first globules of aluminum or reduced. these are considered the crown jewels of alcoa aluminum, the aluminum company of america that started right here in pittsburgh. these are the fairie -- very first globules of aluminum ever produced. in the early days people did not know to do with aluminum. they tried making all kinds of things out of it, from violence, -- violins, divorce shoes, to cattle. they soon discovered for aircraft it was exactly the right thing. the wright brothers came to pittsburgh in 1903 and had out co-op make them -- alcoa aluminum engine blocks and that make air flight possible. andrew carnegie was born in scotland, but he made history here in western pennsylvania. he was a giant of industry, but you can see he was only about 5'2". he is the guy who had a big vision. be vertically integrated his factories. min is he controlled the es, the transportation, the coke works used to make steel. and therolled the mills delivery systems, the r

it was an electrolytic process developed by charles martin hall in the 1880's. right here in pittsburgh the first globules of aluminum or reduced. these are considered the crown jewels of alcoa aluminum, the aluminum company of america that started right here in pittsburgh. these are the very first globules of aluminum ever produced. in the early days people did not know to do with aluminum. they tried making all kinds of things out of it, from violence, -- violins, divorce shoes, to cattle. they soon discovered for aircraft it was exactly the right thing. the wright brothers came to pittsburgh in 1903 and had out co-op make them -- alcoa aluminum engine blocks and that make air flight possible. andrew carnegie was born in scotland, but he made history here in western pennsylvania. he was a giant of industry, but you can see he was only about 5'2". he is the guy who had a big vision. be vertically integrated his factories. that is he controlled the min es, the transportation, the coke works used to make steel. the controlled the mills and the delivery systems, t

it was an electrolytic process developed by charles martin hall in the 1880's. right here in pittsburgh the first globules of aluminum or reduced. these are considered the crown jewels of alcoa aluminum, the aluminum company of america that started right here in pittsburgh. these are the very first globules of aluminum ever produced. in the early days people did not know to do with aluminum. they tried making all kinds of things out of it, from violins, horse shoes, to kettle. they soon discovered for aircraft it was exactly the right thing. the wright brothers came to pittsburgh in 1903 and had alcoa aluminum engine blocks, and that made air flight possible. andrew carnegie was born in scotland, but he made history here in western pennsylvania. he was a giant of industry, but you can see he was only about 5'2". he is the guy who had a big vision. he vertically integrated his factories. that is he controlled the mines, he controlled the transportation, the coke works that were used to make steel. the controlled those steel mills and the delivery systems, the rai