905 Comments for Bethlehem Steel Mill

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Go ahead. Give it a turn. What's the worst that can happen? ==8O
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Vertical ladders like this are a bitch to climb up or down. Especially when there is ice & snow or high winds. We had these on launch gantries at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station but only used them during disaster exercises.
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A lot of engineering went into building this in a time before computer aided design.
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I love the rust.
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Talk about no place to hide!!!

I was thinking about that too, Canada. Who made the steel for building and operating the steel mill??
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Those are some BIG-ASS gears. Wow.
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I'm thinking the people who worked here (supervisors & such) had those little electric golf-cart thingies to get them expediently down the length of these enormous hangars.
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Wow. This is like, an OSHA nightmare. You do NOT want to lose your step. Hot molten metal in a rushing, open-sided river streaming across the floor... not a job for the faint-of-heart.
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Haha Lurky - good one!
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The glasses they gave me in Air Force basic training looked a lot like that, except the lenses were thicker.

This is quite a find!! That's what I love about you, Motts - you don't miss the details. So many people would have overlooked this small, seemingly inconsequential memento of the departed humanity in this gigantic structure. Not only did you find it, but you saw the photogenic potential as well.
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This sign would have been appropriate on my husband's bedroom door. WHEW!
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I can picture a new, nervous young steel worker getting LOST in this enormous place!!!
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Beautiful in its silent desolation.
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Ian, you are super awesome!!!

My kids (and me) are LOVING these videos along with the usual amazing photography!
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OMG!!! Awesome!!!!