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The doors of the steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania closed last time in 1995, ending 140 years of steel production in the city. Although is not in its spiritual home, Bethlehem Steel's steel production continues, but its production plant is now based on the main Burns Harbor, Indiana. The company has had its ups and downs, has been involved in the supply of steel for the construction of railways, bridges and landmark buildings across America and was the forerunner in the production of steel beams used in building skyscrapers.

The steel for the first time in Bethlehem is the Saucon Iron Company, which opened in 1857. Four years later the company changed its name from the Bethlehem Iron company in 1863 and began mass production of railroad tracks used in building the transcontinental railroad. During the next forty years the contracts for the supply of steel have been agreed with the Navy SU, and at the time of Charles M. Schwab has been appointed President in 1904 Bethlehem Steel Corporation has not only been a big factory in south Bethlehem, but in the forges and shipyards in Cuba on both U.S. coasts.

In 1908, the company began producing large steel flange structural component, causing a revolution in construction, These articles are used in the phenomenon of the construction of new skyscrapers. Five years later the company acquired Bethlehem Steel's shipbuilding Fore in Quincy, Massachusetts, to become one of the largest shipyards in the country.

World War I, Bethlehem Steel provided a great opportunity to develop. At the beginning of the conflict, Company had an annual production capacity of 1.1 million tonnes and employs 15,600 workers. In 1925, after providing vehicles tanks, vessels, vehicles, weapons and ammunition for the U.S. and Allied forces during and immediately after the war, the annual production increased to 8.5 million tons and the size of the company rose to 60,000.

In the thirties Bethlehem Steel continued to grow through acquisition, buying of steel companies in the Pacific coast and McClintic-Marshall Corp., a major bridge and building construction. This was the golden age for the construction of America and Bethlehem Steel was responsible for landmark buildings such as the Golden Gate Bridge U.S. Supreme Court, Rockefeller Plaza, the Waldorf-Astoria and the Bridge George Washington.

During World War II moved any Bethlehem Steel production in the military, which employs almost 300,000 of whom some 180,000 workers directly involved in shipbuilding. The post-war the company resumed production of steel for the national projects of the United States and the military, and continued to prosper.

The 1960s saw the steel imported into the United States reached record levels, but also the home of Bethlehem Steel filed for these two landmarks as Madison Square Garden, Newport Bridge and the second Delaware Memorial Bridge. In 1973, Bethlehem Steel, has reported revenues of $ 207 million reaching a record level of 23.7 million tonnes of crude steel and 16.3million tonnes of finished steel. The company continued to prosper, but in the early Imports steel in 1980 was made more impact, which forced a radical restructuring of Bethlehem Steel, resulting in a halving of the workforce of more – Was closed in 1995.

Today, Bethlehem has been recovered from the loss of its steel and has an economic and cultural renaissance. Hotels Bethlehem once used by those who had business with steel are reinventing themselves as a tourist and conference centers. Steel From May long gone to Bethlehem, but the entrepreneurial spirit of its citizens is alive.

About the Author:

Adam Singleton is an online, freelance journalist and keen amateur photographer from Scotland. His interests include travelling and hiking.

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