A Changing Landscape

A Changing Landscape (HM25MY)

Location: Bethlehem, PA 18015 Northampton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 36.901', W 75° 21.854'

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Looking Forward to Bethlehem's Future

The sprawling steel plant once occupied close to 1800 acres between South Bethlehem and the Lehigh River. After it shut down, the company took on a major environmental clean-up, leaving the site safe for future use. In the years that followed, citizens, city government, company executives, and developers worked to create a plan to redevelop this location. They faced the challenge of using the site for economic development while preserving its historical significance.
The hope is that the combination of historic preservation and economic development here today will strike that balance. The Bethlehem Steel buildings that remain can stay standing for a long time. They are relics of over 130 years of industrial history-both its triumphs and its failures. These structures are an ongoing reminder of the people who labored here and what they produced: the steel that built America.
"When I started here, I said, 'This place will be here long after I'm gone.' Well, that's not so. We just have to go on with our lives."
- Steve Williams
Motor Inspector
[Photo captions, from left to right, read]
· A view of Bethlehem Iron
, captured by William Herman Rau around 1896.
· This photograph by Jeffrey Totaro was taken in 2012 during a summer concert.
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HM NumberHM25MY
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Placed BySteelStacks
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, February 24th, 2018 at 7:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 469189 N 4496085
Decimal Degrees40.61501667, -75.36423333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 36.901', W 75° 21.854'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 36' 54.06" N, 75° 21' 51.24" W
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Area Code(s)484, 610
Closest Postal AddressAt or near HMT, Bethlehem PA 18015, US
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