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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instanceOf industrial complex
steel mill
adjacentTo Patapsco River
associatedWith United Steelworkers
labor unions
beganOperation 1890s
closed 2012
constructed late 19th century
country United States
declineFactors global competition
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
blast furnaces
coke ovens
company town housing
open-hearth furnaces
ore docks
rolling mills
historicalEra American Rust Belt industrialization
locatedNear Baltimore, Maryland
location Sparrows Point, Maryland
linked to: Sparrows Point
notableFor being one of the world’s largest steel-producing complexes
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
ownedBy Bethlehem Steel Corporation
RG Steel
Severstal
partOf Bethlehem Steel’s steelmaking division
peakPeriod mid-20th century
peninsula Sparrows Point peninsula
linked to: Sparrows Point
product ship plate
steel
structural steel
tinplate
wire products
railAccess Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
region Mid-Atlantic United States
linked to: Mid-Atlantic states
successorUse Tradepoint Atlantic logistics and industrial park
waterAccess Chesapeake Bay

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Sparrows Point hasMajorIndustrySite Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point steel mill
Dundalk, Maryland developedAround Bethlehem Steel facilities at Sparrows Point
linked to: Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point steel mill