Hoover Mason Trestle

FOCUS: Season 2 | Episode 27 South Bethlehem

On this episode of FOCUS we climb atop the Hoover Mason Trestle for a unique view of the Bethlehem Steel Blast Furnaces and walk through the history of this unique landmark. Plus, a look at how the arts, entertainment and educational communities in the area respond to a growing number of Asian residents and visitors. These stories plus, and update on the National Museum of Industrial History from its new Executive Director.

The Haunting of the Bethlehem Club

Ever wonder about things that go bump in the night? Apparently that happens at the Bethlehem Club. This feature was produced/directed/written by Yuri Laubach for Camera One. Videographers were Whitney Starrett and Justin Isamoyer. The project was edited by Ambur McAllister.

041018 Installation of Historic Steel Mill Components at Steelworkers Park V3

Three large components of Calumet Region steel manufacturing industries were moved from temporary quarters at Pullman National Monument to Chicago's Steelworkers Park, at 87th Street and Lake Michigan on this date. How appropriate, given that Steelworkers park, is situated at the lakefront edge of the former United States Steel/USX South Works manufacturing complex which, for about a century and a half, operated as a major steel producing facility, and a geographic gateway to the bi-state Calumet Region. The three components, two from Chicago's Acme Steel blast furnace, one from the former Bethlehem steel plant in Burns Harbor, Indiana, were donated to the Calumet Heritage Partnership by the Beemsterboer family whose company also provided the transportation of the components from Pullman to the Steelworkers Park site, and installed them in the park, where they anchor the site's South end, as do the remaining South Works ore walls at the north, with renowned community artist, Roman Villarreal's, Steelworkers statue a welcoming host at the park's entrance.
This installation was made possible by an agreement between the Calumet Heritage Partnership and the Chicago Park District, and by the effort of a group of volunteers and machinery movers.
Quoting from the Calumet Heritage Partnership website's Home Page, The Calumet Heritage Partnership is a diverse, bi-state partnership of environmental, cultural and historical organizations and individuals, libraries, educational institutions, municipalities, and governmental agencies.  Each partner is committed to celebrating, preserving and protecting the unique heritage of the Calumet region.
The Calumet Heritage Partnership (CHP) was founded in 1998 as a bi-state all-volunteer, non-profit organization with the goal of pursuing the creation of a Calumet National Heritage Area.  It held the first annual Calumet Heritage Conference in 1999 at Calumet College of St. Joseph.  A major focus of CHP is an effort to create a National Heritage Area that tells the story of industries past and present, and of the ongoing transformation of one of America’s greatest places: the bi-state Calumet. For more on that work, see CalumetHeritage.org.
This installation is an important part of that effort.

Bethlehem Steel

A video about the history of Bethlehem Steel, a company that started in Pennsylvania.

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711 First St., Bethlehem PA 18015
Bethlehem Steel and a subsidiary company, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, were two of the most powerful symbols of American industrial manufacturing leadership. Their demise is often cited as one of the most prominent examples of the U.S. economy's shift away from industrial manufacturing, its failure to compete with cheap foreign labor, and management's penchant for short-term profits.

After a decline in the American steel industry and other problems leading to the company's bankruptcy in 2001, the company was dissolved and the remaining assets sold to International Steel Group in 2003. In 2005, ISG merged with Mittal Steel, ending American ownership of the assets of Bethlehem Steel.
The company's roots go back to 1857 when the Saucona Iron Company was first organized by Augustus Wolle.[1] The Panic of 1857, a national financial crisis, halted further organization of the company and construction of the works. Eventually, the organization was completed, the site moved elsewhere in South Bethlehem, and the company's name was changed to the Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company.[1] On June 14, 1860, the board of directors of the fledgling company elected Alfred Hunt president.[1]

On May 1, 1861, the company's title was changed again, this time to the Bethlehem Iron Company.[1] Construction of the first blast furnace began on July 1, 1861, and it went into operation on January 4, 1863. The first rolling mill was built between the spring of 1861 and the summer of 1863, with the first railroad rails being rolled on September 26. A machine shop, in 1865, and another blast furnace, in 1867, were completed. During its early years, the company produced rails for the rapidly expanding railroads and armor plating for the US Navy.

In 1899, the company assumed the name Bethlehem Steel Company. In 1904, Charles M. Schwab[2] and Joseph Wharton[3] formed the Bethlehem Steel Corporation with Schwab becoming its first president and chairman of its board of directors.[citation needed]

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation installed the gray rolling mill and producing the first wide-flange structural shapes to be made in America. These shapes were largely responsible for ushering in the age of the skyscraper and establishing Bethlehem Steel as the leading supplier of steel to the construction industry.[citation needed]

In the early 1900s, the corporation branched out from steel, with iron mines in Cuba and shipyards around the country. In 1913, it acquired the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts, thereby assuming the role of one of the world's major shipbuilders. In 1917, it incorporated its shipbuilding division as Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited. In 1922, it purchased the Lackawanna Steel Company, which included the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad as well as extensive coal holdings.[4]







The Bethlehem Steel plant, photographed circa 1896 by William H. Rau
Although the company continued to prosper during the early 1880s, its share of the rail market began to decline in the face of competition from growing Pittsburgh-based firms such as the Carnegie Steel Company. The nation's decision to rebuild the United States Navy with steam-driven, steel-hulled warships reshaped Bethlehem Iron Company's destiny.

Case Video Trailer: Bethlehem Steel (Case UVA-BC-0226)

Bethlehem Steel was faced with the decision to close it's business. The site of the Bethlehem, PA plant was labeled a brownfield, never to be used again under current conditions. Most businesses inevitably put a fence around brownfields and walk away; not Bethlehem Steel. The 1600 acre tract was in the middle of the town Bethlehem Steel and its employees called home. The company decided it would find a way to put the land and the town back to work. The video will be completed in 2012 and will be available with the business case through Darden Business Publishing; Case UVA-BC-0226.

(pt#1) A Visit to Bethlehem,Pa {Blast Furnace} w/my son

A little bit of History--Bethlehem,Pa ( Blast Furnace )at Bethlehem Steel--Bethlehem Steel Corporation was America's second-largest steel producer and largest shipbuilder--

After a decline in the American steel industry and other problems leading to the company's bankruptcy in 2001,the company was dissoved and the remaining assets sold to International Steel Group in 2003. In 2005, ISG merged with Mittal Steel,ending American ownership of the assets of Bethlehem Steel....

Their demise is often cited as one of the most prominent examples of the U.S. economy's shift away from industrial manufacturing,its failure to compete with cheap foreign labor,and management's penchant for short-term profits...

Cars & Coffee 2018 - Bethlehem, PA

Cars & Coffee from August, 2018. A little over due, but wanted to make this video anyway. Hope you all enjoy! Also remember to like & subscribe!

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Inside Bethlehem Steel

A virtual reality view inside the blown engine house at the former Bethlehem Steel.

The United States is losing the fight....slowly and surely.....

I work on the railroad. I am proud of where I live, even though most of the country has left us for dead in the blizzards of snow, regulations, and high taxation....the Buffalo & Niagara Falls area has some of the richest history in America, and has made a huge impact on the rest of the world. I hope people view this with pride and pass it on to others that feel the same way.

No matter what your politics or background, Americans had better start dancing with who brought 'em, and taking care of our own. What I am watching happen to my country makes me sick, and the evisceration of American Manufacturing, Chemicals, Steel, and Refining that happened here....is still going on....and the politicians had better wake up and do something about it, instead of arguing all the time. Republicans and Democrats have screwed us all...working as a team of complicit idiots. Like it or not, Ross Perot was right about that giant suckin' sound....

...and now, after our incompetent government has spent millions in construction & rehabilitation improvements, they are talking about closing the local Niagara Airbase, the only military installation for hundreds of miles.

When I look back at all that has disappeared from our country, I am shocked. We are fast becoming the Roman Empire, as all our companies struggle and die off....I used to be amazed at the lake boats, elevators, rail traffic, refineries, and heavy industry that dotted our area. Huge public works projects like Niagara Power brought promises of a better future and growing economy. When my father-in-law came up here from Pennsylvania in 1951, he gloated about being able to work on the railroad, on the docks, in the steel plants, furnaces, or machine shops on a whim - day to day - because everyone cried for labor. Now....in most places you can hear a mouse fart because the industries have been mostly razed to the ground. It happened here in Buffalo, but if you think it won't happen again because you moved to Texas or Alabama, you're wrong.........Stand up now!

This does not bode well for our future. Not only are the steel plants gone, but as the generations pass, the people who had the EXPERIENCE to make the steel are dying off too....and in all industries....and we just let foreigners make our things for us and ship it over in boxes....while we destroy our own infrastructure, cannibalizing our plants, cars, and equipment into scrap. A few more generations of I-Pods, plastic cars, and reality TV, and we will not be able to be salvaged.

Buffalo Inner & Outer Harbor government projects aren't jobs......BETHLEHEM STEEL was jobs. Trico...Hanna Furnace...American Brass...Fisher-Price....Heinz...Agway....Bell Aircraft...Oneida...Nestle...Alco...Pullman...Stetson Chemical...Mobil...Cargill...Republic....

...and now, Hostess.

You can tell how your country is doing by watching 2 things...the farmers, and the train traffic....if either is suffering, you're in trouble...

Well, most of the farmers - and rail yards in this area are gone.....

I made this video to try and express my feelings about what we are missing and how we go about trying to stop the bleeding...Please pass this on and share it with others...

The Bethlehem Steel Corporation: Building the American Dream

This documentary describes the history of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. This documentary competed in the National History Day Competition in 2015 at the State level and placed in the final six. The theme for National History Day 2015 was Leadership and Legacy.

Bethlehem Steel (Steel Stacks)

Historic Bethlehem Steel Stacks at Bethlehem Pennsylvania

Fourteen inch gun barrel on special rail car at Bethlehem Steel company plant in ...HD Stock Footage

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Fourteen inch gun barrel on special rail car at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during WW I.

Manufacture of artillery guns at Bethlehem Steel company plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during World War I. Rail yard of the steel plant. A poster of an American soldier with rifle standing on top of a tank. A 14 inch gun barrel nestled in an extra long railroad car. Sky filled with smoke and steam spewing from stacks at the plant. Location: Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Date: 1918.

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IST 301 Fall Of Bethlehem Steel

Martin Tower: The company, the history and the end

The 21-story Martin Tower opened in 1972 and was the tallest building in the Lehigh Valley. It was the headquarters for Bethlehem Steel and heart of the city that it helped build. More than four decades after the building became a fixture in this community, Martin Tower was being razed to the ground. Its silhouette along the Valley skyline was coming to an end. (Video by Andre Malok and Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com)