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Subject: [Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sun Mar 12 05:22:47 2006
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Thanks, Doug. What's so painly sad abt Bethlehem is that it's such a 
monument to horrendous ly inept management and to union intransigence. 
Really depressing.
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On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:37:12 +0100 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> 
wrote:
"That's the way the steel world went - Bethlehem, Sheffield, V?lklingen - 
"these monuments to the end of the  industrial revolution are the 
"pyramids of the electronic era. Another plant that wasn't profitable 
"enough for Mr Mittal - Very nice set of photos B.D.!!
"Douglas
"
"Philippe Orlent wrote:
"
"> Looking at these made me think of this site:
"> http://www.abandoned-places.com/
">
"> Thanks for showing,
"> Philippe
">
">
">
"> Op 12-mrt-06, om 10:16 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven:
">
">> That's the work that pulled my grandfather out of the Tennessee
">> sticks, though he worked the Granite City Steel mill east of St.
">> Louis. Those were the good old days. The union took care of my
">> grandmother until she died.
">>
">> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370/Cathedral2
">> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370/Trees2
">>
">> Shot like that would have not made him happy. They are telling.
">>
">> Daniel
">>
">> On 3/12/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
">>
">>> Spent today shooting with a group of people at the abandoned  
">>> Bethlehem Steel
">>> Works, in Bethlehem, PA. Not my usual kind of thing, but  
">>> fascinating and
">>> challenging. All wide photos shot with the Olympus E-330 and the  
">>> 11-22 f
">>> 2.8/3.5 lens. Long stuff shot with the Olympus E-1 and the 35-100 f 2
">>> (70-100 35 equiv.)
">>>
">>> Enjoy, or don't. Comment always welcome.
">>>
">>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370
">>>
">>>
">>>
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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Don's PAW 10 Perplexed)
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