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Lowe, Jet, creator
Title
Overview of the south Bethlehem works as seen fro pop's rock; The works is on the left side of the river and the Lehigh Canal parallels the river to the right; looking west - Bethlehem Steel Corporation, South Bethlehem Works, Along Lehigh River, North of Fourth Street, West of Minsi Trail Bridge, Bethlehem, Northampton County, PA
Description
Fritz, John; Holley, Alexander; Fitzsimons, Gray, transmitter
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Northampton County; Bethlehem
Date 1979
date QS:P571,+1979-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER PA,48-BETH,19-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Formed in 1857 as the Saconna Iron Company, this steel works along the Lehigh River was reorganized the following year as the Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company. Under the direction of Robert H. Sayre, the Bethleham works grew over the next five years to include a blast furnace plant, puddling mills, and rolling mills. John Fritz supervised the design and construction of these structures...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N768
  • Survey number: HAER PA-386
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa3386.photos.359729p
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