905 Comments for Bethlehem Steel Mill

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A blast furnace is tapped at Bethlehem and the molten product directed to the numerous torpedo cars under the floor. Shows the intensity of that operation. In the early days, the clay furnace plug was blown out with explosives. Very cool!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbNkBOGMwg
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They got a paycheck. Sad to see it come to a halt. Lost paychecks to support households.
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Those things were giant belching monsters when they were blasting. Awesome stuff. Massive amounts of Bethlehem steel was used coast to coast. 68,000 tons of Bethlehem steel is in the Golden Gate bridge.
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I was thinking those would make for awesome hot tubs. Don't just let them die for scrap!
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Hold my beer....
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Sure. A bit more won't hurt.
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I think those cars were only used for the slag. The cone shape helped dump out the hardening slag. I like the word slag. Good name for a dog.
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Or the site of the 37th zombie victim.
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Love the massive pillow block. Some serious beef there. Moved with large cranes? Rolled off some rail ends and towed? Look close. It might be still on tracks that are filled in with dirt.
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Hold my beer.....
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Don't mind if I do since you're bringing it up.
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I was thinking how long it would take to deal with all those bolts.
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Some nice juicy copper wires. I'm surprised it was still there.
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It's safer up there. Zombies can't get up there without falling off.
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Ditto on all the thumbs up. An excellent image!