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Another industry failure in America due to bad business decisions, greedy unions, and crooked politicians.

Ran a few of the last loads out of there before it shut down and switched over to Canadian;at least that was my understanding of it.Picked up nextdoor at Centec (mill rolls)and Fosters (bridge pilings)too.

Rail ties are made of wood, not steel

Man you should’ve brought a fleshlight and explored the tunnel.

Some additional info...the hot metal produced in a BF is usually called that or cast iron. Pig Iron is molten iron that is taken to a Pig casting mill where it solidifies into the small moulds / molds. These are called pigs due to the shape that is formed with an arched back. Once solidified and cooled these are esily transported for use in other processes where the molten iron cannot...Normally molten iron is transported to the steelmaking shops in a torpedo shaped vessel by rail and then transferred into the transfer ladle that is poured into the steelmaking furnace be it Open Hearth or Basic Oxygen Furnace (the most popular in recent decades) Australia once had a Prime Minister that was given the name Pig Iron Bob (Menzies) during WW2. I'll say no more but let you look up why that name was awarded.

You can ask the same question about fairly every steel mill in the USA. Example why did Fairless Works down in Bucks Co fail and close down....

To answer the question. 1. Piss poor leadership in our government and its disastrous policies. 2. Poor decisions from management . 3. Union demands kept increasing. The steel plant was a Golden Goose and the three things combined only wanted the golden eggs and didn’t think they had to take care of the goose.

15 miles WEST of Allentown? WRONG! Bethlehem and Allentown share border. Bethlehem is East of Allentown. I'm old. I worked at Bethlehem Steel, and lived in Bethlehem for 30 years.... now, back to the video... and edit may be added.

I worked in a steel mill, the Youngstown Sheet & Tube company in Youngstown Ohio until 1980 when the mill went down, mostly because of cheaper foreign steel, but another big problem was the older, retired workforce that had been promised generous pensions, almost as much as what they'd been making while working, and with as many or more pensioners than active workers, the company couldn't afford to stay in business. Another problem was the new corporate management, who refused to invest in new machinery and facilities and let the mill run down. In a way, it's a good thing the mill went down, because it was intrinsically a highly dangerous place to work, although the pay was the best of any blue collar job around. Class 1 labor was about $32 an hour in today's money, up to class 24 what the blooming mill rollers got, about $55 an hour

I have a WWII halftrack. The heavy angle iron frame above the windshield is stamped Bethlehem Steel.

Did not Bethlehem steel benefit from Mesabi Range iron ore (super-high quality) and Pennsylvania anthracite coal? And the big cost advantage those gave declined when they did. Everything gets used up.

Steel Mill to Hotel, Casino. Place of production to a place of consumption, F work, kick back and party. Gee I wonder what the problem is?????????????????

Awesome video. I grew up up going to this church every Sunday. My parents were married here, I received all my sacraments at this church. So many memories here. It was a beautiful congregation.

It's not abandoned. It's actually a landmark

America, broken and a failure at every level!

Alligators don’t live that far inland here in SC.

I learned more from your video than the gazillion times I've been down there. Thanks! I have to tell you though, I lived in SC for almost a decade but never saw aligators anywhere near the canal.

It failed because of Israel...

In fact,this is also the state of western europe at this moment

thank you, interesting, well research, well narrated

The unions prevented them from pivoting to arc furnace because those required less labor than blast furnaces. Moment that happened, it was wrap for BS.

is it free to walk arounf there

The saluda and broad rivers merge at Columbia forming the congaree

Cool video! It’s a shame that too many people had their hand on the till at the company that most were only worried about bonuses. With a lack on innovation it was only a matter of time that they were gonna lose their dominance

Never ending EPA inspections and fines. Ever increasing payouts to politicians to stay in business.

What you have shown is NOT the Neshanic Station station. The station is diagonally across from the Riverside Inn. The station was converted into a residence.

Great do one on Santee canal, too ,please sir?

the interior of this tunnel is being entirely redone now

Cool voice. Awesome documentary.

Thanks for posting the video and providing a little insight and history. When I am in the area, I'll try to walk this trail, the tunnel for the river looks interesting. There are plenty of unique places that are not well known but are small gems to be discovered. So just to add to places to visit, there are remains of the old Lackawanna Railroad Turntable in Boonton NJ. It's right next to an unused railroad bridge over the Rockaway River. It's not even a hike, it's like 200 feet down a path, and there's a small Railroad Museum very close by on Morris Ave, but it has not been open when I've passed through. Since now you've got me thinking, there are plenty of towns and places named High Bridge, and it's probably a clue that there's some interesting topography there. There's a High Bridge connecting Manhattan and the Bronx, a fantastic stone and steel aqueduct. It's been renovated with a pedestrian walkway on the top. In my opinion, one of the most unique and interesting bridges in the area. Thanks again!

Great video with beautiful shots. Learning a little bit of history and primary used by me to weather my Walthers blast furnace for my n-scale model steel industry railroad. Thanks

I still work in a steel mill the answer is democrats and their leftist ways destroyed middle class jobs and rely more on Chinese steel so the politicians can line their pockets and say it’s bc of climate change🤪 Fact: woke Pittsburgh now has so much red tape for any type of industrial applications that U.S steel is leaving and moving to another state.

Gross mismanagement and failure to modernize

the audio is crooked

The government and unions had a lot to do with the downfall of manufacturing in the US.

Did they film Robocop here?

At the eve of WWI Germany produced more steel than the whole rest of Europe together. And the USA produced more steel than the whole rest of the world together.

This was the ore kilm

fun Facts There is no ammunition for the guns and there are no missiles on board either surface to surface or surface to air. The radar systems don't work because no money has been put into maintenance. Furthermore, the ship cannot sail at full power as the propellers are out of balance

The plant was obsolete. The compressors shown should have been replaced in the 1970's or 1980's. They dumped ore from the pit right into the furnace. Other mills had ovens that used waste heat captured from the furnace to preheat the ore. Also, if you look at films of this plant in the 1970's, the steel was moved about the grounds several times during rolling. By rail, which required a locomotive and rail cars. After each move, the steel had to reheated in an oven. This added extra costs that other mills didn't have.

I started with Bethlehem Steel right out of college in 1969 with a training program there in Pennsylvania teaching us about the complete process as well as the products and services of all the divisions. Mornings in lectures and afternoons to each operation. After weeks I went to the new Burns Harbor plant where I worked in the 160 in plate mill. At that time they were unloading South Korean hot roll coils across the small harbor destined for the auto industry parts manufacturers. I saw then that American steel was doomed.

I come from the UK and our steel industry went the same way. Japan, Germany & later on China designated their steel industries as "Strategic". This meant government subsidies in the form of cheap electricity etc. So the outcome was these countries could "dump" steel at low prices into the USA and UK and undercut the local steel suppliers. Once they had collapsed then they had the markets to themselves. I don't know whether our Governments are callous or just plain stupid. Those that were around at the time figured out what the game was, but no-one in power cared.

I just don't understand WHY those steel factories are abandoned now. Steel is still needed and used to modern-day construction. Is the U.S. getting our required steel from other countries?

My father and grandfather and I worked at Beth steel my name is William marable and my cousin was the president of union Ed bartee

As A child to my year's growing up near the City of Pittsburgh. I had hoped to woyin A Steel Mill. But by my graduation year, 1983. It wasn't going to be. The anger of many in and around the American Steel Factories tore the Strength and Spirit of all the Cites / and households which had worked for those Companies. Shutting down of each Mill was the death of more than just good paying jobs. But killing of hard working People who relied on how everything was tied to Each Mill,, with each Burroughs & neighborhoods. That came to the Rust belt poverty's in how, we haven't recovered. it saddens me when I drive around Pittsburgh, in how empty it feels, as the life bloodline was murdered by Big Business just only think of prophet, And not, The cities where familiar lived and worked. To be denied A future that killed by Japanese steel. God bless, Those who Worked and Made our Country what was it's distinctive pride in American Steel.

Rozville, love it. ROSE VILLE

Great video.!

If you want this back, the US will have to start a war!! Its a real heavy pollution maker also with coke plants. Chemical plants is another! Dont complain when you have CANCER 4:24 if you want a job at one of these plants!! these plants killed lots of workers and their families too! For uneducated workers it was a gold mine! Thank you President Richard NIxon for going off the gold standard! The country has been going down the tubes ever since!! You money isnt worth much today, in germany their marc's were sovworthless they use the paper in the bathroom to wipe with!! Ours is getting there!! A FIAT money SYSTEM!

They’re not allowed to say “The Union”. Unions are like cancer. When they take over, all efficiency ends. Union bosses decide everything: who does which job, which products gets made, who gets paid how much, and who gets promoted. It’s all political. Outcomes don’t matter. The worst people run the factory, and nobody gets fired. You end up with millions of organized assholes; with no concern for price or quality. They just create an easy life for themselves, and screw the taxpayers. Unions are government-sponsored Mafia.

Nice video. The Tobyhanna tower was closed in 1958. The station is open weekends 12-4pm.