Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was once home to the second-largest steel corporation in the United States before it shut its doors for good at the turn of the century. Ex-workers who remember Bethlehem in its manufacturing heyday say they worry about the future of workers’ rights and outsourcing of jobs; issues that could swing their vote, even across party lines.
Pennsylvania’s Men of Steel Seek Pro-Union Candidate
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View of Bethlehem Steel plant with train engine and cars, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1907-1914.
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View of the Bethlehem Steel plant offices, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, early 1900s.
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View of the Bethlehem Steel plant across the Lehigh River, South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, sometime between 1907-1914.
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View of the Bethlehem Steel plant buildings, Bethlehem, 1911.