A Proud Man who took pride and worked hard everyday. RIP Sir.

Nearly all of my family lineage worked at Bethlehem Steel. All five of my great grandfathers brothers died there. Dangerous work, much respect to those workers

He died in 2018 at the age of 85 , a good long life . At least he's not suffering anymore , he was so heart broken . I kind of understand how he must have felt , the year I graduated HS (first year I could have worked at the steel) they had their first major layoff , I never got my chance to follow my father and grandfather , but I wanted to . Not too many people left that care anyway .

My Grandfather Willie Chain Jr. is watching this with me right now....He was part of the 409 dept of Riggers as Mr. Check, RIP. He continuously speaks about their friendship and dedication to Bethlehem Steel Mill.

Mr.Richie Check 40 years in the Steel Mill...These are the Men I look up too..wow.

Just visited this place and I can tell Bethlehem still carries soul of those workers. I was fascinated by the size of the structure and imagination of thousands of worker there.

This guy is an unsung hero

What a wonderful Story ,I could listen to this guy for hours ,the men who built America .

I feel his pain from Lorain, Ohio when our steel mill closed down, lost thousands of good paying jobs. God bless America's Steelworkers.

I have been lucky enough to work alongside a couple of 40+ year steelworkers for a couple of years in one of the last steel mills in West Virginia. How things have changed since their first days of steelworking. They were a different breed to say the least

Alot of proud men, it is so sad American Steel is gone.

Great man of steel

I can remember when I was in high school and looking at the steel stuck sure of the building you could see bethel ham steel printed on the steel hear in Massachusetts and it all ways made me feel very proud god bless them men and women

We'll were living here in Allentown and their closing all the factories now

You are doing a great thing. I grew up on the S./E. Side of Chicago. My grandfather, my father and uncles all worked the steel mill at one time and another. Dangerous and dirty. But it kept our family going. We had to move from the neighborhood because my brother's sinuses were very sensitive. His eyes were red all the time and he was always having sinus infections. I don't know where we get our steel from today, but I hope it's getting recycled. THANK YOU for all you did for the country. And thank you from the families ❤️😊 too. Your museum work is a very good thing. Keep it up. Maybe we will do one on the East side of Chicago too.

Just like Consett in the North East of England. All gone. Houses there now. I remember all the surrounding building where a red colour. From the iron oxide.

Awesome story

thats the passion thats lost with workers now.

They dont make them like that guy anymore.

I just looked him up . Gawd rest his soul. Another long lived man that dedicated his life to a dead industry.

Steel mill life built the USA. I'm still in it but people don't realize how important they are

I just started working in a mill. And,. it's interesting!

For some reason these Bethlehem videos just popped up it's an abomination how our government stood by while our steel industry was decimated.

There is something in the Steel Mill Man, very Hot Hard Dangerous work but you miss it when your days are it gone, I Can't exsplain it ! Former Steel Mill Melt Shop guy 89-09 ! 🤔🇺🇸✊🏽

I worked at Homestead Works from 1978 until the end of 1981. My father worked there too. I've tried numerous times to contact the Rivers of Steel people to keep the history straight but they'd apparently rather keep spreading lies. For instance...the stacks at The Waterfront are what's left of the 45 inch mill soaking pits, not the Open Hearth melt shop.

Forty plus years at the same location. Try that to-day!

It's sort of "ugly" ...... but it brought it's own joy and prosperity !!! . So in the same observation ..... there's beauty !!! . I know i've seen a sign saying "WELCOME TO ALLENTOWN MAKERS OF THE HARDEST STEEL IN THE WORLD" .............(like Snap-On Tools) . I know i would prefer to see the the sun setting and the workers walking home than some shopping mall !!! . I'm from a steel town in Wales UK and the industry has gone !!!.... along with the smiles.... the jokes.... the trucks ..... All to be replaced by new housing estates...... new housing estates and (what was the other) ?....... (i remember) new housing estates. . The gentleman is right...... the silence is heartbreaking

My steel mill is still going strong if that counts for anything.

You can tell he worked there, he called it “Bethlem”

He had so much more to say. Closure in 1995 was due to factors: greed though the unions and unrelenting demands plus intense and effective foreign competition. You lose a giant like the steel industry then the foundation of the country itself is shaken.

Mesabie Range iron ore for Bethlehem steel production made the launch platform for Apollo 11 Saturn V to enable ignition sequence. With out such men,,, not possible.

My grandfather worked in the steel mill from 1913 to 1922

Those were the days of real men

there was a much longer interview with him someplace and I lost it. Does anyone have it??

I wouldn't finish one day on the job at that place.

Bethlehem Steel works the beathing haert of amerika.

Sharing this information ℹ on my Facebook page 📄 since Twitter was shut off on my account?

A steel plant job could send three kids to college because those jobs had hard won UNION wages and benefits. Sad day for USA and working class when our steel is made by cheap, exploited foreign labor. Workers need to stand together once again.

A time a factory job could send three kids to college.

No more steel :(

Such a shame this plant closed. NAFTA was the death nail for American industry.

These people build workplaces just for the people who outsourced their jobs off sea.

I think he misses his work friends, the community more than anything else. Today, we have cars that are more lightweight, get better gas mileage, don't pollute as much and don't rust. We have made great strides.

Did he save his first dump there?

stay home and watch tik tok while eating cheetos > work in Mordor

Stop the influx of imported steel. Reduce corporate taxes. Make an environment for companies to find manufacturing in USA more cost saving than importing. It's not hard to bring these jobs back. People if they have jobs, will not need social security to the point that they need now. That will be a huge saving in expenditure for the US government. This saving can well be compensate lower corporate taxes. A lot of expectation from the Trump government up ahead. As a foreigner, it pains me no less than the people who lost their jobs. No country should put others' priorities forward than their own's.

I bet they wasn't making good money back then

I blame liberals for making this poor man cry 😢

I worked at Bethlehem Steel Corp in 1974 to 1990 Steelton Pa. I worked there in the booming years at Frog and Switch. Built many crossings ,frogs and switches for N.Y.C.,SEPTA NORFOLK SOUTHERN. The rails made to open the Toronto Skydome roof were made by me and several others.

This gentleman is partly to blame, his union keep asking for more wages and when they didn't get them they strikes the very company that gave them their jobs, that gave a sliver of opportunity for foreign producers to import steel into the US

Personal responsibility. That’s a bygone era. That’s what they tell black families.

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Preciate what you did but your guys greed ruined things for future generations

Who closes down a steel mill? Where is the common sense in buisness did it just disappear

well, hate to say this...but chet and my father ruined it for our generation....my father was a railway worker...keep complaining about those wages, and benefits, keep voting in those lazy democrat leaders, and what you got....corruption....my father coulda kept the same job for all 38 years, but threw bankruptcy as well as term oil...1 railway shutdown, 1 downsized a lot.....I don't feel pain for this man....like my own father....who complained a lot and voted for a democrat leader....I have a position with the railway....not only did my dad make more than me in 1993....but now there is no union leader that has power to stand up for me.....its this guy, and my dad, who made it bad for us new generation....

Thank to Democrats, unions and republican establishment

LOL

Yes. The steel plant is gone. Cry baby.