Bethlehem Steel
Running along the Lehigh River are the remains of an industrial giant. The towering blast furnaces of Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s home plant stand alongside a handful of surviving buildings.
"A Furnace" is the oldest blast furnace on site, and one of the last remaining to have been riveted together.
New and Old. The contrast between construction for the casino's hotel and the No.2 Machine shop, formerly the largest in the world.
A Furnace, concealed by stoves.
A lone ore cart looking across the remains of the plant.
Lights out.
American Made.
The “SGO” or Steel General Office. Bethlehem’s headquarters from 1906 through 1972.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation was founded by Charles M. Schwab on December 10th, 1904. Bethlehem would grow to be the nation’s second largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder, but would eventually face great difficulties in the late 1970s through 1990s. Bethlehem Steel’s home plant closed in 1995 with the company filing for bankruptcy in 2001 and dissolving in 2003.