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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25MX_heat-treating_Bethlehem-PA.html
What is Heat Treating?
If you look towards the bridge to your left, you can see a tall and narrow building. This is the High House, or No. 3 Treatment Facility. Its tall shape accommodates the heat treating process, where gun barrels and other lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HZ_why-did-bethlehem-close_Bethlehem-PA.html
How could an industrial giant for over a century fall into a drastic decline and close?
And what would happen to the workers and facility? Many who worked here asked these questions as the plant ground to a close. Workers cast Blast Furnace C for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HY_non-native-plants_Bethlehem-PA.html
NON-NATIVE PLANTS ARRIVED HERE BY HUMAN ACTIVITY either deliberate or accidental. American colonists brought seeds and plants from their home countries for food production, medicinal purposes and ornamental gardening.
Seeds arrived in the ballast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HS_wartime-steel_Bethlehem-PA.html
The long building in front of you is the No. 2 Machine Shop. Built in 1890, this was one of the largest industrial buildings in the world, stretching for nearly a third of a mile. Workers in this shop milled and drilled Bethlehem's steel into fini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25ED_the-flow-of-goods-money_Bethlehem-PA.html
How did a small city in the Lehigh Valley become home to one of America's largest steel producers? In the early decades of the company, Bethlehem's location near major cities, raw materials, and transportation routes positioned it for success.
Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25EB_a-legacy-of-steel_Bethlehem-PA.html
Look down at the walkway on the Trestle. Some workers signed their names in steel, welding the letters on the deck. Working at the Steel meant you were part of something important: a huge industry that served the needs of a growing nation.
Steel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25E9_one-of-the-hardest-jobs-in-the-world_Bethlehem-PA.html
Former steelworkers reflect on the challenges and rewards of their occupation:
"I remember the first day I was on the job and I was like 'Oh my god, this is hell! Smoke and fire, it was just incredible. I almost ran out of there, it was like a du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BZ_the-blower-house_Bethlehem-PA.html
The large building to the left is the Blower House. This is where giant gas-powered engines pumped pressurized air into the blast furnaces. Every ton of iron takes about 200,000 cubic feet of air to produce!
1 Building Pressure
The blowing engin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BY_bethlehem-built_Bethlehem-PA.html
Across all its facilities, Bethlehem Steel produced over 1 billion tons of steel between 1905 and 1999-that's over 12,000 Golden Gate Bridges worth of material! A high quality of steel, dependent upon rigorous testing during the many manufacturing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25BS_the-bethlehem-beam_Bethlehem-PA.html
The strong, lightweight structural beam makes up the framework of buildings, bridges, and other structures. These wide flange beams were first made in 1907 right here in Bethlehem, using inventor Henry Grey's innovative rolling mill. Grey's proces…