The Lackawanna Steel Plant and Local History
Museum
Page One
On December of 1982, the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation announced the shutdown of steelmaking at its Lackawanna, New York
plant. The phasing out took almost
a full year to complete and resulted in the loss of thousands of jobs and ended
the hopes of many families to add another generation of steelworkers to their
legacy. The last pig iron cast from
Blast Furnace J on October 17th, 1983 and the last steel heat from BOF Vessel No
17 at approximately 10:30 the next morning, virtually ended all major
steelmaking in the
Western New York area.
Click on any picture below for full-sized image:
Aerial view of Bethlehem Steel's Lackawanna
Plant looking south - taken Aug 31st, 1984.
Steelmaking is already shut down. Coke ovens are still in use.
(Courtesy Frank Rozwood Photo Collection)
Entrance to the Museum
Aerial view of Bethlehem Steel's Lackawanna Plant looking
south, taken July 16th, 1991.
Most of the plant is already torn down.
(Courtesy Frank Rozwood Photo Collection)