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A lot of canneries and can manufacturing plants purchased their stock from the steel mills in the 50's and 60's that was delivered in 40 and 50 ft box cars. Jones and Laughlin Steel produced "Tin Plate" at its Alliquippa Pa. mill down the Ohio River from Pittsburgh. The steel industry used "freight equalized" on almost all product and probably still does. "Freight Equalization" was the method of billing the shipping costs to the customer as if it was shipped from the closest competing mill. In other words if a customer in Chicago ordered steel from a mill in Philly or Pittsburgh, and there was a mill in Gary IN that produced that same product, the customer would only be billed for the cost of shipment from the Gary location, even though it originated in PA. Obviously this was good for the railroads since it gave them long distance hauls across country into non-local markets. Thought this might be of interest in terms of raw materials coming into the cannery. Tin plated steel tended to be seasonal hitting its peak at the end of the summer. <br />Will
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