National Museum of Industrial History, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2023
- While on our recent roadtrip through Pennsylvania, we visited the site of Bethlehem Steel Co. in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. There you'll find the National Museum of Industrial History. This museum is a wonderful place to visit and learn about our nations industrial history and see all of the beautifully restored machines they have on display. It's located in the Bethlehem Steel Electrical Shop and has many early metal working machines, pumping engines and other industrial machines on display. We had a great time there and would recommend it to anyone to pay a visit.
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I worked in the main machine shop at Bethlehem Steel's Lackawanna plant from 1966 to 1973. I remember turning down one of those herringbone gears that you stood next to in the video to make a shaft for one of the mills. My time there was quite an experience.
Nicholson files ......"never a dull moment!"
Half of my family worked for Bethlehem Steel. I’m a truck driver and I used to haul loads in and out of there for years and you just can’t appreciate how big this place was when it was operating. It had its own fire department, bus company, airport, hospital, and railroad, all contained within the property.
Most have no idea that it was a "city" within itself.
Geez, they apparently would have fainted if they had ever stepped into the real "STEEL"!
Little known fact, Bethlehem Steel had a plant at Sparrows Point outside of Baltimore. It was, at one time, the largest Steel mill in the world. It even had a ship yard and built Liberty ships during WWII.
A lot of steel went by rail to Sparrows Point for ship building, Especially structural and plate. I loaded tons and tons of it in the rail cars.
Bethlehem also had a mill on the southern coast of Lake Michigan in Indiana. They sold out to another firm overnight. They screwed everyone out of there pensions and benefits. Many people near retirement just retired and retired for long time suddenly had no retirement income. My grandfather retired after 42 years, 2.5 months after retirement he had to go back to work. He took a job back at the mill, after lots of lies and bull his first check he found out they decided to pay him 1/5th of his last hourly pay rate.
What is the most amazing is that the older the machine the more beautiful it is. Like the designs and art they actually cast into the machines.
This drill press at 8:54! The pin striping takes it to a whole new level
I find it very sad that ALL the industrial might has gone to China and all you have left is museums. I live in the UK and we are the same.
It's way worse than just sad, it's terrifying. Good luck winning ww3!
I work in heavy manufacturing, and you'd be surprised how much is tucked away in industrial parks all over the country. There are still foundries and forges and things being machined and assembled in every city. A lot of it lef for sure and we definitely need to get some shipyards cranked back up, but a lot is coming back, too.
A lot of the major steel mills in the U.S. have also had business taken away by domestic, so called "mini-mills" (EAFs) here in the U.S.
Well the American worker wants too much money,look at what's going on with the big 3...$50 a hour for unskilled labor ???...it's a joke
Where'd ya hear that? The stuff we have built in the last 10 years eclipses our entire industrial revolution
Back in the 60’s and 70’s you couldn’t move in that town when the shift change at “The Steel.”
My grandfather was a Head Roller in the 12 and 18” rolling mill from the 30’s to the 70’s
It was a great place to grow up in.
It's not just the thousands of jobs in those shops. It's thousands more engineers,draftsman and machinists that built the machines,made the cast iron and steel.
An enthusiastic wife like yours is very valuable!
There's an operational snow engine twice the size of that one, at Rough and Tumble, just a ways down the road, south of Bethlehem, in Kinzers, PA, along route 30. You should seriously check out their Thresherman's Reunion, late in August (3rd week/weekend or so). they have endless amounts of old mechanical stuff, engines, equipment, models, machine tools, on and on, and most of it is operational, or at least idling to show how it operated.
I volunteer in the machine shop & R&T and we'd love to see Adam on site
Breaks my heart
What we did to our heavy industry in the seventies and eighties was beyond criminal. Thank you Adam for sharing your trip.
I've been a subscriber for many years but I have rarely posted comments. The story of Bethlehem Steel is a tale of American industrial prowess, pride and might but it is also Shakespearean in its tragedy, a tragedy brought on by hubris, greed and corruption. It has always stirred emotions in me so I needed to make a comment. I urge you to do the research and read of the enormous heights this great American company reached and how it died a tragic slow death from the 1960s through the 1990s. It will bring you to tears. So happy you had such a marvelous time there. It's certainly the steel industry Holy Land.
Have some vey old machinist tools that i purchased at auction many years ago. They were owned and used by N&W railroad to build steam locomotives back in the day. Whats interesting is that N&W always engraved a date on every new tool purchase that they added to their machine shop. These dates range from 1901 to the early 1920's. 100 percent of these tools are still in great shape and completely operational to this very day. I will often pick one of these up and still use it to complete a job or task. They built these tools with just as much precision and care 100 years ago as they do today, and they most definitely built them to last. It has always been a great honor to own a piece of history that helped build this great country into what it is today
The Industrial Revolution is hands down the most captivating and romantic era of all human history…it should be properly labeled the Industrial Renaissance. It boggles my mind of how these guys invented not only these tools, but the tools to make the tools that make the tools that make the machines that then make the other machines. Even the Johanassen blocks blow my mind. You’re blessed man. Blessed.
Very soon, nobody will be interested in the "old ways." I think the problem is that the "new ways" took away the caring and craftsmanship of the old ways. That is why the saying, "They don't make'um like they used to" is such an iconic statement. Great video!
On the whole I'm gonna have to disagree. I do think it will get more niche, but I'd compare it to the horse when cars became a thing, the ones that are left are the passion people, not the just-need-sh*t-done ones. I'm definitely on the young end of the spectrum here (and in IT) but I love mechanical design and would quite like a smaller manual lathe.
My South Bend 14-1/2” lathe was first delivered to the Beth Steel electrical repair department at the steel plant in Sparrows Point, Maryland, in 1946. That photo you show about 4 minutes in showed all those electric motor shaft assemblies, and now I know what my lathe was used for. Very cool!
Thank you so much for stopping by and representing our home town and the industrial history behind it! My family is on the board of trustees for the museum and I am sad to say that the museum doesn’t get the funds and admiration it’s deserves. I thank you for showing your community the great things the museum and area in general have to offer!
Thanks for the memories Adam! I worked in that plant for a few years in the mid-70's. Had my Overhead Crane operator ticket. Beam yard (shipping) and BOF cranes mostly. A few assignments in Machine Shop #2. 😀
Those big double helical herringbone gears in the thumbnail, were invented by Mr Citroen before he started making cars.
This is where the Citroen car badge comes from
Adam I Machined many bearing blocks those gears are for and the Rollers the hot steal rode on thru the mill.
Fantastic video. It should be mandatory for kids to go and see this history.
Abby and Adam...thanks for visiting the area. We live just 1-hour north of this area of PA. The Lancaster/Bethlehem/Hershey area is a fantastic area to visit. It was great that you shared our country's heritage of innovations, inventions, and our nations steel industry. It's sad to think of the massive amount of talented individuals and skills we've lost over the years that made us such a world wide leader in manufacturing throughout the whole northeast region...from Connecticut and Massachusetts through Ohio and beyond.
It's so awesome to see how excited Abby is to see these things and learn about what your skillsets are. At the same time she can appreciate how the industrial side lends itself to the textile industry. You guys are great.
Adam, I watch your videos all the time. I never knew this museum was there. i live just about 30- 35 miles from there. Thanks so much for bringing this into my home .
Those punchcards on those looms eventually led to modern computing. Lookup Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace.
Fun fact, the line shaft ended once the electric motors came into being, but weren't widely accepted until the invention of the V belt.
The V belt was invented by Allis Chalmers
Hi Adam. Maybe try visiting the industrial heritage museums in the UK. Or at least outside the USA....? They're a little bit older than in the USA and also super interesting.
Thanks again for sharing all of this 👍👍👍👍
My uncle who has sadly passed away couple days ago has worked there for 33 years and not missed a day in his life
Sorry you lost your hard working uncle.
Spent 4 years at Lehigh. Besides an expensive engineering degree, I also learned how to operate machine tools, taught by Dick Towne and Herman Bader, both also Lehigh alumni themselves. This was the late 90s, so most of the steelworks was still just an abandoned wasteland.
What a wonderful video, I follow both channels and enjoy so much. Hats off to you and Abby 5stars. Rodger from Lambertvill Mi
I’m proud to say that I grew up not to far from the old plant. I worked with guys that had been there their whole lives before they shut down. In the plant I worked at we had a few of their their very large mills that we bought from them in the 70’s, still being used today!Really sad to see how bad it’s gotten all over PA. Most all the mills and mines have shutdown. Not very much heavy industry left.
The jacard-like silk loom cards were the precursor to IBM punch cards…. Thank you both for kindly sharing with us your visit to this magnificent museum and the glory of American inventiveness that it captures.
Thank you for showing us such a Great place.
I'm from that Area all Steel mill county
Amazing how large that complex is! Thanks for showing us around.
It’s strange to see all the machines and know that no computer was used in any aspect of it!!! The design, build , and operation of them. It’s sad to see how much of these skills have been lost to computers!
ok,, this place just hit my bucket list. thanks for showing this guys!
Thanks so much for these tours. I appreciate the cool places you take us to!
As a Chief Machinists Mate, I had to climb into the sump, and inspect these gears. I had to lay on my back, exhale all the air in my lungs, and slide under the Bull Gear in order to inspect the after end...side...of it. Good thing I am skinny.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Adam and Abby.
Fantastic video. Thank you guys for sharing these rare gems with us.
Awesome place of history thank you for bringing us along with you
Thanks for taking us along.
That is amazing guys Thank again for taking us along
Thank you for visiting us. Please come back soon. September we have Steel Weekend.
What a wonderful place. Thanks very much for sharing it with us.
Thank you for sharing this with us 🙏
Thanks to you guys for another great video!
Totally awesome! Thanks!
Hello Adam and Abbey. Your video brought back memories that I had forgotten about. Back in the late 60's I enrolled in a two-year vocational school to learn machining. Our class teacher at the time had an inside friend at Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Buffalo NY. The complex was perhaps as huge as PA's park. That tour guide took our class through the whole complex from the pouring of steel from the Basic Oxygen Furnaces to the rolling mills to the machine shops. What an amazing experience. Thankyou two for rekindling my memories. BTW, if you ever experience the pouring of steel very close out of giant ladles it is something you will never forget. Sadley, that is what you pointed out as the most dangerous jobs. Take care, both of you.
I just randomly stumbled across this video and, man, am I glad I did. Thanks for taking the time to explain so much. Going to have to put this on the bucket list!
Being born in Allentown hospital and raised in Whitehall for 23 years, I thank you for this video. Our family tree had quite a few limbs working at Bethlehem Steel
"all these old metal bones are from the machinery that made America the greatest industrial power on the planet!"
"Wow! Mr Curator, what replaced them?"
"...Replaced? We tore it all down to make apartments and offices, kid, nothing replaced it."
Beautiful machinery! Thank you for sharing your visit.
Awesome. Thank you
Absolutely amazing
Fascinating
what a beautiful museum
Thank for for sharing, I love the rugged simplicity of the machinery and especially the ornate details.of their construction. Mega-kudos to the museum staff, too.
A wonderful video tour! Thanks to you and your wife for sharing it with us! Cheers!
Adam thank you for sharing and showing this. I'm a huge history buff and love old things. Just awesome.
Oh my goodness!!! That is incredible, are those the machines that make the machines that make everything !!!! Wouldn't you just love to see that place alive and running full bore the place would of just RUMBLE!!!! Incredible absolutely gorgeous thank you I could look at that machinery all day long !!!!
Thank you so very much for sharing this for us all to enjoy . I am always fascinated with the engineering and technology history .
Wow. Simply WOW!
This is part of why we love you the most ....... A Giant Kid in a Giant Candy Store! The video was fantastic and you two were great in the time you took to comment on all. Thank You Dearly!
Thanks for the video and explanations.
Thanks for sharing your visit to the National Museum of Industrial History your videos are always interesting and informative.
What an amazing thing they have done I personally got to see the mill when i was 11 years old my grandfather worked there and he took me there wow that was 50 years ago lol
What a great “tool” for educating us all about the massive industrial age. My father worked in a melt house steel mill.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing, can you imagine working in a shop with all of those line shafts, the smell in the air, oil & belt material dripping on you!!
Everytime I see 150 years old marvels of engineering I wonder what will be left as our legacy in 150 years from now.... iPhone15? Don't think so.
Might not call Iphone a 'old marvel', but I guess one will see one at museums in 150 years)
Great video so cool ❤ thanks for taking us there 😀
Cool place, thanks for sharing. Great job youall.
GREAT LINK .. THANKS YOU TWO .. GOD BLESS .
Industrial heritage is so important to our understanding of what we do. Great film.
My grandfather and uncle both worked at the steel. Born and raised in Bethlehem, and that car show was probably cars and coffee. Cool to see someone explore from outside the area.
I live in Bethlehem. Been to the museum and trestle half a dozen times. Saw some of the stuff in storage and got to drive the locomotive. Glad you liked it.
Nicely done!. I've got to plan on spending a day there.
Thanks for a great video overview.
That was great, thanks!
The restoration is amazing but I think we'd all rather go see the dirty werehouse of the stock machines!
Nice tour I remember when we was moved to Pittsburgh PA in 50' the river was red-oxide cause all foundry around it and big vessels transporting the steel .
When I saw the thumb nail, I was like OMG! Thank you guys for this great video.
What astonishes me more than the machines and the people that run and maintain them are the minds that created them to solve the problems on hand. I didn't even know this place existed. I've always heard about Bethlehem steel being that I live in Harford county MD and it's not all too far from me but I have DEFINITELY got to visit that place. Thanks for this nugget.
THANKS FOR SHARING!!!
Thanks for the tour. Looks a cool place. Full of American history!
Thank you loved it.
I feel strangely drawn to this place! Great show Abbey and Adam!
Really enjoyed seeing that Adam thanks. I'm not even in a field close to machinist so I appreciate when you do explain the machines.
I had no idea that was in Bethlehem! Thanks for the quick tour. Going to visit for sure. And looks like they're running that massive Snow engine on December 10 2023. 😀
GREAT TOUR-Thanks
Adam, you do such a great job of narrating and editing. Love your stuff.
Abby being happy and excited is awesome!
Get you a partner that dances in excitement outside an industrial museum!
Facts
I've always loved the history of Bethlehem steel and always wanted to go there now watching this I really want to go
This was such a treat.
Fantastic, thanks!
It must be awesome that your wife is so interested and excited by this stuff too! I thought that was pretty awesome. Id be in awe by that file wall in person too!
If I visit US one day, this would be my must visit tourist destination.
Amazing place!
People that purchased machining tools back then got there moneys worth. Not only you purchased an expensive precision machine but you got a beautiful piece of equipment in the process.
That’s awesome thanks for sharing it’s kinda awesome how far we’ve come since then and sad to loved the picture showing all the flags hanging over the machine room