905 Comments for Bethlehem Steel Mill

Yes - imagine rainbow colors - and it is so sharp.
But....is it flaking silver paint, you think?

I imagine 3000 psi steam would parboil anyone unlucky enough to be in its path.

What a tangled web we weave when at first we practice to, ummm smelt? refine? Bessimer? I give up

Interesting how the slag is peeling away from the I beam

Love the sound of trains in the distance

We have an old pig iron mill site here that is now a tourist attraction. I love wandering around there and this place reminds me of it.

I love the city lights in the background! Great shot!

Definitel NOT a christmas person, ugh. So glad it's over! They start it too early but anyway glad I checked in today. Yay new gallery! LOVE these old mills.

Wonderful photo, been starting at it for a while and getting lost in it.

The room was humming harder as the ceiling blew away

Iron jungle

I used to be in the foundry business. Or to be more precise I sold supplies to them. One place I visited on the day where they had an instance where a golf ball sized drop of molten iron dropped straight into a workers head. It did not stop until it hit the floor. (edited version)

Rust never sleeps

I disagree on the background, Motts. It puts the stacks and furnace in a nice relief. The humid air gives the subject a very soft look in contrast to its hard, cold reality.

I agree Eldokid. Reminds me of a Turner watercolor.