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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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Bethlehem Steel has become a symbol of the city of Bethlehem, and the impact it has made on the rest of the country is legendary. Without Bethlehem Steel, eighty percent of New York’s skyscrapers, as well as the Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Golden Gate bridges would not exist.
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.
Discover the humble beginnings, monumental growth, and humbling decline of this 20th-century giant. The 90-minute walking tour features up-close views of the former steel plant and an in-depth look at the steel-making process and the roles the workers played in our country’s history.
Nov 14, 2020 · The steelmaking in Bethlehem stopped Nov. 18, 1995. A quarter-century after Bethlehem Steel Corp.’s last cast in the city that shared its name, the dormant blast furnaces are an icon of the...
