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