Steel Blast Furnace History

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Bethlehem Steel had many interesting parts throughout its one hundred forty plus years of providing steel for not only Pennsylvania but also the entire country. This company gave a lot of people jobs that provided pretty good pay and great retirement plans. Some of the most interesting structures that still stands today is the blast furnaces, and the guns that were provided for the battle ships during World War I and II. The blast furnaces that are still standing today are no longer in use as they are now surrounded by a casino. The blast furnace was a large tower where hot compressed air was put in starting from the bottom of the tower. These furnaces were mostly for making iron. The furnaces are named with letters A-E and were put in alphabetic

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