Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point steel mill
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Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point steel mill was once one of the world’s largest steel-producing complexes, located on the Sparrows Point peninsula near Baltimore, Maryland, and a major center of American industrial manufacturing in the 20th century.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point steel mill canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industrial complex
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steel mill ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Patapsco River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
United Steelworkers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
labor unions ⓘ |
| beganOperation | 1890s ⓘ |
| closed | 2012 ⓘ |
| constructed | late 19th century ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| declineFactors |
global competition
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industry overcapacity ⓘ shifts in steel demand ⓘ |
| demolitionBegan | 2013 ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
anchor of Sparrows Point company town
ⓘ
major employer in Baltimore region ⓘ |
| employed | tens of thousands of workers at peak ⓘ |
| environmentalIssue | legacy industrial contamination ⓘ |
| feature |
basic oxygen furnaces
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blast furnaces ⓘ coke ovens ⓘ company town housing ⓘ open-hearth furnaces ⓘ ore docks ⓘ rolling mills ⓘ |
| historicalEra | American Rust Belt industrialization ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Sparrows Point, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the world’s largest steel-producing complexes
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integrated steelmaking from raw materials to finished products ⓘ role in American industrial manufacturing in the 20th century ⓘ shipbuilding steel production during World War II ⓘ |
| operator | Bethlehem Steel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
NERFINISHED
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RG Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ Severstal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bethlehem Steel’s steelmaking division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| peninsula | Sparrows Point peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
ship plate
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steel ⓘ structural steel ⓘ tinplate ⓘ wire products ⓘ |
| railAccess | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Mid-Atlantic states
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surface form:
Mid-Atlantic United States
|
| successorUse | Tradepoint Atlantic logistics and industrial park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| waterAccess | Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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