


The company's steel was used in the construction of many of America's largest and most famed structures. From its founding in 1857 through its 2003 dissolution, Bethlehem Steel's headquarters and primary steel mill manufacturing facilities were based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. At the height of its success and productivity, the company was a symbol of American manufacturing leadership in the world, and its decline and ultimate liquidation in the late 20th century is similarly cited as an example of America's diminished manufacturing leadership. Until its closure in 2003 it was one of the world's largest steel producing and shipbuilding companies. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
