905 Comments for Bethlehem Steel Mill

Once upon a time in this country, the casting of iron goods was an art form, because while technology was expensive, labor was cheap. Now it is just the opposite, it simply costs too much to design and cast utilitarian items like a valve wheel. I don't know that anybody actually makes an item like this today in the U.S. All made in PRC, I'm afraid. Not trying to be a buzzkill, but it makes me sad that we are no longer the world's workshop.

A classik find and great detail as well!!!!

Beautiful capture Motts!!!!

Thanks for another great gallery.

It boggles the mind when you think of the engineering & effort that went into building a place like this. Is this a dinosaur destined for extinction? Unfortunately, yes.

Thank you for the wonderful pictures! Just found this site and can't quite looking!! DAMN SHAME THAT THE JACKASS POWERS THAT BE LET THIS PLACE BE TURNED OFF!!! AMERICA SHOULD NOT BE RELIANT ON ANYONE!! TURN THESE MACHINES ON AND LETS GET GOIN"

Welcome to Earth !!!

OMG Motts... its incredible !!! unbeliveable shot !!

awesome shot, definitely hard labor lol

They should turn whats left into a museum, like what theyre thinking of doing with the Carrie Furnace in Pittsburgh/Rankin, PA.

They're safety glasses. . .my brother brought some home from Jr. High shop class. I must have been 5 years old at the time and I LOVED to wear them all of the time!!! Yup. . . uber-nerd at 5, and uber-nerd today!

Nice angle with the ports.

I like the colors in this.

The rust looks powdery... kind of like someone coated the tank (?) with glue and threw mars orange pigment at it.

This is a good one! Very eye catching.