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The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Until its closure in 2003, it was one of the world's largest steel-producing and shipbuilding companies.
A Brief Chronology of Bethlehem Steel. 1857 - Earliest predecessor company, Saucona Iron Company, is formed in South Bethlehem, Pa. 1861 - Name of company is changed to Bethlehem Iron Company. 1863 - Company produces first iron railroad rails.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the nation's second largest integrated steel producer with revenues of about $3.5 billion and shipments of 7.5 million tons of steel products in 2002.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation is the second largest steel producer in the United States, with control of supply sources, production, and distribution, from raw materials to a wide variety of steel mill products.
Feb 5, 2008 · Bethlehem Steel, The People Who Built America. PBS39. 8.65K subscribers. Subscribed. 9.2K. 1.7M views 16 years ago. Documentary about Bethlehem Steel's contribution to America ...more....
Jun 28, 2024 · Bethlehem Steel Corporation, former American corporation (1904–2003) formed to consolidate Bethlehem Steel Company (of Pennsylvania), the Union Iron Works (with shipbuilding facilities in San Francisco), and a few other smaller companies.
Apr 5, 2004 · That hit Bethlehem where it literally lived--in Bethlehem, Pa., site of the company's big but antiquated structural steel mill. This plant, which was for years sentimentally kept on life...
The flagship plant of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation was a testament to the industry and innovation that fundamen-tally changed the American way of life. It was this same place, however, that also came to embody harrowing economic decline, poor business practices, and eventual failure.
Jacob Roth, Bethlehem Steel: The Rise and Fall of an Industrial Titan, Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 87, No. 2 (Spring 2020), pp. 390-402.
From 1887 to 2012, the Bethlehem Steel mill at Sparrows Point provided steady if dangerous work for tens of thousands of men and women. Steelmaking was more than just a job to these workers—it was a way of life that built stable communities, strong human bonds, and a unique industrial landscape.
