Bethlehem Star
by Ginger Stein
Title
Bethlehem Star
Artist
Ginger Stein
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A Christmas image of the famous Bethlehem Steel steel stacks. Bethlehem Steel used to be one of the top steel producers in the world. But the industry moved to other countries, and finally Bethlehem Steel stacks and roaring furnaces fell quiet. They stood rusting as stark reminders of the the men, resources and industries that built our country. Bethlehem Steel also made its name as the world’s largest shipbuilder through two World Wars, building an impressive 1,127 ships during World War II. Bethlehem’s facilities stretched from coast-to-coast, with numerous steelmaking and manufacturing plants, coal mines, quarries, ore mines, and shipbuilding and ship repair yards supplying the nation’s needs. Bethlehem’s peak employment corporate-wide reached about 300,000 while the Bethlehem Plant employed almost 33,000 to supply the war effort. After almost one hundred years in existence, Bethlehem Steel Corporation filed for bankruptcy in 2001.
The local Bethlehem Plant occupied 1,800 acres that stretched four-and-a-half miles along the Lehigh River and beyond. The legacy of the Bethlehem Plant is being preserved as part of a planned brownfield redevelopment incorporating significant historic manufacturing facilities and iconic structures. It has been reborn as The SteelStacks - a venue dedicated to the arts, a public TV and radio station, music venue, movie theater, art fests, and a museum. .
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August 4th, 2018
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Diann Fisher
Love the mood with blue lighting.
Ginger Stein replied:
These are the Bethlehem, PA abandoned steel stacks. Grew up not far from here and finally made my way to the really cute town of Bethlehem in Christmas season a few years ago. They celebrate all month long as you can imagine.
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