Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bethlehem_Steel_Sparrows_Point_plant
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:steel
gptkbp:acquiredBy Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1916
gptkbp:closed 2012
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs over 30,000 workers at its peak
gptkbp:environmentalImpact soil and groundwater contamination
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:Bethlehem_Sparrows_Point_Shipyard
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Maryland_Steel_Company
gptkbp:hasRailwayStation gptkb:Patapsco_and_Back_Rivers_Railroad
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed to World War II shipbuilding
key employer in Baltimore region
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point plant
gptkbp:industry steel production
gptkbp:latitude 39.2156
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sparrows_Point,_Maryland
gptkbp:longitude -76.4472
gptkbp:notableEvent bankruptcy of Bethlehem Steel in 2001
demolition of mill structures after 2012
major layoffs in the 1980s and 1990s
gptkbp:notableFor once the largest steel mill in the world
gptkbp:opened 1889
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Bethlehem_Steel_Corporation
gptkbp:products gptkb:steel
shipbuilding
tinplate
gptkbp:redevelopment gptkb:Tradepoint_Atlantic
gptkbp:servesArea gptkb:Baltimore
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tradepoint_Atlantic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7