Bethlehem Steel
Historic American manufacturer
Bethlehem Steel was an American steel and shipbuilding company, once the second-largest steel producer in the United States.
Founded in the late 19th century in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, it built warships, skyscrapers, and bridges—including structural steel for the Golden Gate Bridge and the Empire State Building.
The company's 2001 bankruptcy became a symbol of American industrial decline.
My grandfather worked at Bethlehem Steel for thirty years.
Unscrupulous wealthy capitalist
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- declineDecrease or refuse
Metallic combination
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
- ductilityAbility to stretch unbroken
malleability · rebar · I-beam · H-beam · metallurgy · tempering · quenching · coke
Corporation spanning many industries
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- mergerCorporate combination
acquisition · headquarters · subsidiary · revenue · dividend · stakeholder · management · executive
Metal casting facility
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- millGrain-crushing facility
production · open-hearth · coke · ingot · workforce · unionization · blue-collar · plant
Northeastern founding colony state
- JohnstownPennsylvania city, historic flood
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
Structures spanning obstacles
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- girdersHorizontal structural supports
- beamsRays or supports
- constructionProcess of building something
robber-baron
Unscrupulous wealthy capitalist
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
alloy
Metallic combination
- hardnessResistance to penetration
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
ductility · malleability · rebar · I-beam · H-beam · metallurgy · tempering · quenching · coke · limestone
conglomerate
Corporation spanning many industries
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
merger · acquisition · headquarters · subsidiary · revenue · dividend · stakeholder · management · executive · bankruptcy
foundry
Metal casting facility
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
mill · production · open-hearth · coke · ingot · workforce · unionization · blue-collar · plant · factory
Pennsylvania
Northeastern founding colony state
- JohnstownPennsylvania city, historic flood
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
bridges
Structures spanning obstacles
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- girdersHorizontal structural supports
- beamsRays or supports
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