Article ID: CBB622533918

The Work of Rolling Rails in the 32'' Mill at Bethlehem Steel's Lackawanna Plant: Industrial Archeology and Labor History (1990)

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From 1903 until 1977 the process of rolling rails at a major steel plant in Lackawanna, New York, combined elements of change and continuity that affected both job skills and technology. Prior to the mill's demolition the documentation of surviving machinery and information provided by the former boss roller facilitated preservation of important details about daily operations. These sources of data suggest that some previous interpretations of the steel industry based exclusively on documentary evidence may have exaggerated the scope of technological change and the extent of worker "deskilling." [1990 Norton Prize winner]

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Authors & Contributors
Nevin Sterling Yeakel
John H. Kopmeier
Ruminski, Clayton J.
Charles A. Parrott
Thomas E. Leary
Richard M. Candee
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Buildings, Industrial
Steel and steel industry
Industrial heritage
Coal
Iron and iron industry
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Canada
Pennsylvania (U.S.)
New Bedford, Mass
Tooele, Utah
Central Aguirre (P.R.)
Institutions
Bethlehem Steel Company
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
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