Mesta Machine Company workers dwarfed by machinery, West Homestead

Mesta Machine Company worked on a huge scale producing equipment used in steel mills and other manufacturing plants. Founded in 1898 when George Mesta merged two smaller companies, it became the world’s largest steel equipment manufacturer under one roof. The company made crushers, engines for blast furnaces, molded gears and massive forging presses, products that towered over the workers who created and operated them.