a few years later, in 1954, the trenton plant was dedicated and mclouth steel became able to produce iron as an integrated steel mill. number one blast furnace was constructed with a capacity of 1250 tons a day. the three original 60 ton basic oxygen furnace (bof) vessels were installed and mclouth became the first plant in north america to make steel via the basic oxygen process. adding to the melt shop were two 200 ton electric arc furnaces. the reversing steckel mill was replaced by a six stand continuous hot strip rolling mill and a roughing stand was added to complement the blooming mill. more soaking pits were installed as well as a plant to supply the bop with oxygen. two pickle lines were also added along with the slitters.