Bethlehem steel

The power plant at Bethlehem Steel; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Bethlehem Steel was once the 2nd largest manufacturer in the US with furnaces dating back to 1861. The company went bankrupt in 2001 when shifts in construction methods made their high grade steel obsolete. [660x950]

Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa..

Disintegrator Sub Station Interior | Bethlehem Steel Mill | Invisible Threads

Industrial photography / Industriefotografie

Some American companies are such a part of our everyday lives, they’re taken for granted, the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Google for example. But there is another company that although it can be seen everywhere, no-one notices. Even more mysteriously, the company no longer exists. But walk through

A derelict tunnel lined with steel metal grating runs at the bottom of an industrial coke oven. The tunnel has a triangular cross section, and yellow caution tape blocks passage.

This aerial shot shows just how impressive the footprint of Bethlehem Steel (formerly Lackawanna Steel) was.