American Landmarks
Eugene Grace was president of Bethlehem Steel from 1916 to 1945, and chairman of the board from 1945 until his retirement in 1957. During Grace's tenure the company manufactured the steel for many of the country's most prominent landmarks:
- Bridges:
- George Washington Bridge
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge; Staten Island tower.
- Buildings:
- Chrysler Building
- Empire State Building (Bethlehem supplied some very large structurals only. Building was built by the American Bridge Division of US Steel, using steel manufactured by US Steel.)
- Madison Square Garden
- Merchandise Mart
- One Chase Manhattan Plaza 53,000 ton steel frame.
- Rockefeller Center
- Alcatraz Island
- Dams:
- Bonneville Dam
- Grand Coulee Dam
- Hoover Dam
- Railways:
- San Francisco Municipal Railway
Bethlehem Steel fabricated the largest electric generator shaft in the world, produced for General Electric in the 1950s.
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