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Bethlehem Steel
In 1899, the company became the Bethlehem Steel Company.
The builder of 1,127 ships during World War II and of the Golden Gate Bridge, this supplier of metal for every bridge and tunnel that takes you from New Jersey into Manhattan, and for much of the skyline you see when you get there, the munitions maker once called the Krupp of America.
Bethlehem’s tumbling employment numbers tell the story: Head count peaked at 167,000 in 1957 and by the mid-1980s was down, to 35,000. finally and mournfully closed in 1995.
Bethlehem Steel
In 1899, the company became the Bethlehem Steel Company.
The builder of 1,127 ships during World War II and of the Golden Gate Bridge, this supplier of metal for every bridge and tunnel that takes you from New Jersey into Manhattan, and for much of the skyline you see when you get there, the munitions maker once called the Krupp of America.
Bethlehem’s tumbling employment numbers tell the story: Head count peaked at 167,000 in 1957 and by the mid-1980s was down, to 35,000. finally and mournfully closed in 1995.