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It wasn’t a smooth path to center stage for the blast furnaces. Bethlehem ... after Steel declared bankruptcy and the property was open to potential buyers, some feared many developers would ...
At its peak, Bethlehem Steel ... jobs were grueling. Meitzler joked about how many times his beard caught fire. And Hawkey talked about how, despite working in 120-degree heat at the furnaces ...
UPDATE: Welding work sparks fire at Bethlehem Steel Corp. One of the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. blast furnaces was on fire. Fire and police were called to the furnaces behind that was on fire.
(Image courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania) A cargo train rolls by the blast furnaces of the former Bethlehem ... the steel for iconic structures like the Hoover Dam, the Chrysler ...
It was Nov. 18, 1995, the last day of steel making, or “last cast” at Bethlehem Steel ... day for the crew of the blast furnace and all of us who were involved. It was a monumental historic ...
After a 10-week maintenance shutdown, Bethlehem Steel Corp ... line the “L” blast furnace, which pumps out molten iron that supplies the rest of the plant, June 8 and were originally ...
The only operating blast furnace at Bethlehem Steel Corp.’s local plant sprang a leak Thursday night, halting production in a major portion of the plant. There were no injuries in the ...
That was the last day of steelmaking — The Last Cast as it's become known — in Bethlehem, and the last day the 28-year the Bethlehem Steel worker would spend helping to run the blast furnaces ...