The politiicians promised lots of things while moving the jobs. All the jobs that were supposed to be created never came. I remember being in high school hearing the lies. Even then I knew it was bs.
Thanks congress for the ten million jobs moved overseas! High unemployment and spending defecits are now the new normal. Without the jobs to support government this nation is screwed. Once a proud nation ruined by congress.
I love BS even though I live in the UK,the blowing house and engines must be a sight to behold in real life,I'd love to have seen them working.I wonder what will become of them? Probably the same as every engineering marvel thats not used in the uk,it gets cut up,shredded and sold to China.I can remeber when there used to be loads of old works,all gone now the scrapmans been along with the gypsies,then it gets flattened and made in a supermarket or squalid flats for the n'erdowells to exist in.
@silver760 : output from this gigantic plant proved crucial in both world wars. The shop I worked in had made pistons and connecting rods for B-24 engines. But in war as in everything else, small and light is the new beautiful, and silicon has replaced massive steel.
@pumpkinhead4449 : lasting long is not a priority nowadays, what with the frantic pace of change in technology. Electronic smarts are finding their way into all factory machinery, and those smarts evolve rapidly. Also, it's not worth upgrading old machinery. Sell it to the ironmonger, and buy the latest model.
There are a number of YT videos that attest to the strange beauty of the equipment at the abandoned Bethlehem plant.
I worked there 35 years ago. Even then, most of the plant was out of date. Everywhere you turned, there were legacy buildings, even machines, from before WWI. Continuous casting was impossible.
A huge steel mill was located there for mid 19th century reasons that no longer applied. Sparrows Point made sense, but not Bethlehem PA.
Domestic recycled scrap, and imported virgin, were much cheaper. USW wages and benefits were too high. BS executives had it too good. It couldn't last -- and didn't.
is dangerous working there,for eyes,blindness,sparks light for welding electric welding is dangerous,bethlem steel is dangerous for eyes because electric weldings steel,for eyes,warning for eyes and neighboors,busdrivers,drivers for the truck-trains-car,welding is dangerous.
A new generation of spoiled, unappreciative Americans (management and Union leaders) weasled their way into the company and sucked it dry. Management would not modernize and kept that money for pay raises and Union leaders made unrealistic demands on the company. Finally, this mindset along with not being able to keep up with the Japanese steel makers was the death blow for the Bethlehem steel. Now we are seeing the same thing with American auto companies. Way to go Americans !!!!
The reason Bethlehem Steel works and so many other North American companies have and are failing is because of the nations resistance to change! You just need to look at the rubbish that your motor industry builds! Hugely inefficient, high fuel consumption and excessively complex to repair! America needs to realize its not the 1960's anymore! Change with the times or be doomed to fail!
American cars are just as good as the foreign competition anymore. I don't work in a mill or on a production line directly but I am an electrician and have had to work on projects in such places. Just because something looks dirty or grimy does not mean it is old and antiquated. Before you pass judgment on whole segments of our economy realize that those places provide employment for untold numbers of your fellow Americans who might be hoping those places survive!
They should demolish all of Bethlehem Steel. Time to move on. It is an ugly, blighted area. So what, people have fond memories. Thousands of factorie have closed all over America and people have moved on. You don't see those buildings still standing. People in the Lehigh Valley are so resistant to change. Don't change, and look what happens? Your factory gets shut down. Nice job, Union.......and the Union people drove awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy. So right, Billy Joel.
I think you lack the knowledge to differentiate between your average steel company and one that built so much of America and one that helped us win 2 world wars- its an icon of the american way and it seems you just dont have enough respect for what our forefathers created and how they led us into the future.
if anyone doesnt know by now theyre building a casino on where bethlehem steel once was...but at least theyre not taking down the giant smoke stack ....you could never take down a great memorial like that
They should demolish all of Bethlehem Steel. Time to move on. It is an ugly, blighted area. So what, people have fond memories. Thousands of factorie have closed all over America and people have moved on. You don't see those buildings still standing. People in the Lehigh Valley are so resistant to change. Don't change, and look what happens? Your factory gets shut down. Nice job, Union.......and the Union people drove awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy. So right, Billy Joel.
I feel your pain.... I stop buy whenever i'm in the area. I still hurts.
slikkarl 1 week ago
Great choice of music and awesome video.
clothingonly 1 month ago
There are many rust belt towns around the world where earning a decent living has become permanently harder. Bethlehem may be luckier than most.
alnot01 6 months ago
The politiicians promised lots of things while moving the jobs. All the jobs that were supposed to be created never came. I remember being in high school hearing the lies. Even then I knew it was bs.
westonsz 10 months ago
And it's getting very hard to staaaaay.
But I am living here in Allentown...
merdekaataumati1949 1 year ago
Thanks congress for the ten million jobs moved overseas! High unemployment and spending defecits are now the new normal. Without the jobs to support government this nation is screwed. Once a proud nation ruined by congress.
westonsz 1 year ago
I love BS even though I live in the UK,the blowing house and engines must be a sight to behold in real life,I'd love to have seen them working.I wonder what will become of them? Probably the same as every engineering marvel thats not used in the uk,it gets cut up,shredded and sold to China.I can remeber when there used to be loads of old works,all gone now the scrapmans been along with the gypsies,then it gets flattened and made in a supermarket or squalid flats for the n'erdowells to exist in.
silver760 2 years ago
@silver760 : output from this gigantic plant proved crucial in both world wars. The shop I worked in had made pistons and connecting rods for B-24 engines. But in war as in everything else, small and light is the new beautiful, and silicon has replaced massive steel.
alnot01 1 year ago
@alnot01 well, i doubt that a computer will last as long as the beautiful machines of Bethlehem steel .
pumpkinhead4449 6 months ago
@pumpkinhead4449 : lasting long is not a priority nowadays, what with the frantic pace of change in technology. Electronic smarts are finding their way into all factory machinery, and those smarts evolve rapidly. Also, it's not worth upgrading old machinery. Sell it to the ironmonger, and buy the latest model.
There are a number of YT videos that attest to the strange beauty of the equipment at the abandoned Bethlehem plant.
alnot01 6 months ago
@alnot01 sadly ,though, newer isn't always better, and as long as industry keeps moving forward , I am happy.
pumpkinhead4449 6 months ago
I worked there 35 years ago. Even then, most of the plant was out of date. Everywhere you turned, there were legacy buildings, even machines, from before WWI. Continuous casting was impossible.
A huge steel mill was located there for mid 19th century reasons that no longer applied. Sparrows Point made sense, but not Bethlehem PA.
Domestic recycled scrap, and imported virgin, were much cheaper. USW wages and benefits were too high. BS executives had it too good. It couldn't last -- and didn't.
alnot01 2 years ago 2
is dangerous working there,for eyes,blindness,sparks light for welding electric welding is dangerous,bethlem steel is dangerous for eyes because electric weldings steel,for eyes,warning for eyes and neighboors,busdrivers,drivers for the truck-trains-car,welding is dangerous.
2fanradio 1 year ago
@alnot01
I worked at Algoma ( cold mills mostly ).
I loved the mills all of them. tube, beam, rail, blanks and shapes, plate and strip.
Loved the cranes I repaired, soaking pits, powerhouse ect ect.
Coke bateries sucked lol.
I wish we could cover and preserve these places for ever.
People todays are stupid don't apreciate these places.
I loved the old machinery not so much the new stuff like continuous cast.
We didn't change fast enough, unfair competition.
I am Still USW.
northerbrewer 1 year ago
no the crane is not coming down there using it for the sands casino sign. they just moved it.
TheRichierage 2 years ago
A new generation of spoiled, unappreciative Americans (management and Union leaders) weasled their way into the company and sucked it dry. Management would not modernize and kept that money for pay raises and Union leaders made unrealistic demands on the company. Finally, this mindset along with not being able to keep up with the Japanese steel makers was the death blow for the Bethlehem steel. Now we are seeing the same thing with American auto companies. Way to go Americans !!!!
artificate 3 years ago 2
The reason Bethlehem Steel works and so many other North American companies have and are failing is because of the nations resistance to change! You just need to look at the rubbish that your motor industry builds! Hugely inefficient, high fuel consumption and excessively complex to repair! America needs to realize its not the 1960's anymore! Change with the times or be doomed to fail!
shermanoh 3 years ago
American cars are just as good as the foreign competition anymore. I don't work in a mill or on a production line directly but I am an electrician and have had to work on projects in such places. Just because something looks dirty or grimy does not mean it is old and antiquated. Before you pass judgment on whole segments of our economy realize that those places provide employment for untold numbers of your fellow Americans who might be hoping those places survive!
dmouradian 3 years ago
sorry, i never left that comment.
shermanoh 3 years ago
They should demolish all of Bethlehem Steel. Time to move on. It is an ugly, blighted area. So what, people have fond memories. Thousands of factorie have closed all over America and people have moved on. You don't see those buildings still standing. People in the Lehigh Valley are so resistant to change. Don't change, and look what happens? Your factory gets shut down. Nice job, Union.......and the Union people drove awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy. So right, Billy Joel.
Lesternek 3 years ago
I think you lack the knowledge to differentiate between your average steel company and one that built so much of America and one that helped us win 2 world wars- its an icon of the american way and it seems you just dont have enough respect for what our forefathers created and how they led us into the future.
DirtballGearhead 3 years ago
oh yeah and what do you meen by the crane???i thought that the big crane was just building more things like offices and the casino
cruzmaq 3 years ago
if anyone doesnt know by now theyre building a casino on where bethlehem steel once was...but at least theyre not taking down the giant smoke stack ....you could never take down a great memorial like that
cruzmaq 3 years ago
They won't take down the crane.
hoboo128 3 years ago
solid set of pictures there, we can only hope that what they're building can replace 1\10th of what bethlehem was.
Moravian09 3 years ago
i dnt think it will ever be the same... just never
sufkiller 3 years ago
They should demolish all of Bethlehem Steel. Time to move on. It is an ugly, blighted area. So what, people have fond memories. Thousands of factorie have closed all over America and people have moved on. You don't see those buildings still standing. People in the Lehigh Valley are so resistant to change. Don't change, and look what happens? Your factory gets shut down. Nice job, Union.......and the Union people drove awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy. So right, Billy Joel.
Lesternek 3 years ago