Bethlehem Steel: Rusting Relic

A stunning visual and historical journey through Bethlehem Steel’s abandoned plant, featuring rare, breathtaking photography.

In 2001, the unthinkable happened when Bethlehem Steel declared bankruptcy after nearly a century and a half of making iron and steel for bridges, buildings, dams, railroad rail, ships, armor plating, armaments, and numerous other products. When the flagship plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, closed, it sat abandoned for some years before the hallowed site was repurpos...