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Subject: [Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works
From: nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Mar 17 23:46:40 2006
References: <001d01c645e0$61cc07f0$0302a8c0@acer81080ea37f>

No kidding. In the summer of 1979, after graduating from high school in 
Denmark, I had a summer job at a brickyard to raise some money for my 
gap year, which I was going to spend in the US (that is when I met the 
girl who later became my wife and that is why I ended up moving there). 
In any event, if I had any doubts about going to college, those 6 weeks 
working in that kind of environment erased any lingering doubts.

As for the general issue of abandoned heavy industry--companies like 
Bethlehem Steel just did not change with the times and went bankrupt, 
which is a normal thing in a market economy. Much of the steel industry 
is now in developing countries--obviously sad for the workers in the US 
and Europe who lost their jobs, but this too is a normal pattern of 
development.

In the German Ruhr area there are sites like this too. They are now on 
the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and can be visited.

Nathan

Steve Unsworth wrote:
> I visited Volklingen last year - well worth a visit if you're near
> Saarbrucken. I found the scale of the plant and the horrible nature of the
> work there very moving. After seeing some of the on-site videos, I'll never
> complain about work again. The people who were employed there _really_
> worked for a living.
>
> Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Douglas Sharp
> Sent: 12 March 2006 10:37
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works
>
> 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 
>>>       
>
>   

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