The oldest steel plate mill in the us Lukens in Coatsville PA.

[tommu56]

I worked with a lot of the guys that got laid off when Bethlem bought the mill in the mid 80's its still running today.

From 1919 through the 1950s, Lukens Steel Company operated the world's widest rolling mill, standing at 206 inches wide and still operating today. The site today, owned by ArcelorMittal, is the longest continuously operating iron and steel site in the United States.

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[Klein1014]

Coatesville is a basket case today poor lots of crime

 

[redsqwrl]

I worked with a lot of the guys that got laid off when Bethlem bought the mill in the mid 80's its still running today.

From 1919 through the 1950s, Lukens Steel Company operated the world's widest rolling mill, standing at 206 inches wide and still operating today. The site today, owned by ArcelorMittal, is the longest continuously operating iron and steel site in the United States.

video

that video is pretty awesome. videos such as these are the original * how its made * type shows.

I spent some time as a construction electrician assigned to iron works in Brillion WI ( lots of car parts ) and a foundry in Waupaca Wisconsin ( lots of axle components ) and now that I think of it a hot minute in Shawano WI ( more axle housings for dana/spicer ) I can still feel the heat.......