the steel beam

Flowers for father’s day? When the gift is the vessel, why not? Find cool and unusual historic/handmade gifts for dad @thesteelbeam. 1915 Bethlehem Steel WWI Artillery Shell Pitcher Hand-Soldered, Brass 18-pounder MK11 Shell Trench Art... A true collector’s piece, this pitcher is the embodiment of both a pivotal moment in history and Bethlehem Steel’s 150 year legacy as a pioneering, unparalleled force in American industry. The pitcher is the epitome of handmade combined with historic, as this shell was manufactured here in the US by Bethlehem Steel. A soldier or civilian craftsman invested a great deal of labor into this shell, shearing, bending, riveting, soldering and bead rolling. As the primary producer of munitions and armaments for the Allies during WWI, Bethlehem Steel produced over 60% of their finished artillery and guns, proving pivotal to their ultimate success. From its modest beginnings as an iron rail producer, Bethlehem Steel grew to become an unparalleled force in steel production through the contributions and innovations of every hard working individual that worked there. Their unified efforts made the company a titan of American industry, proving particularly pivotal to the launching of the era of the skyscraper, the fortification and development of national infrastructure, and every major US military effort and victory between the 1890s and 1960s. It was a central facet of the industrial era and critical to America’s prosperity and rise to prominence on the world stage. (Comes with a tall cylindrical glass vase.)#bethlehemsteel #authenticindustrial #fathersdaygifts #projectiles #trenchart #bethlehempa #lehighvalley #builttolast #heirloom #madeinusa See more

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the heroes that protected our freedoms... #veterans #thankyouforyourservice #gratitude #freedom #redwhiteandblue #neverforget

Our deep gratitude to Marie for her generosity and warm hospitality. It means so much that she thought of us and our artists for her father’s tools/parts from US Steel. It’s a great honor that she trusted us to make use of the tools; the medium to create and repurpose. Repurposed Lamps created by artist, Paul Cleminson. Paul will be teaching our upcoming lamp-making workshop.

Today is the First Day of #Women's History Month we want to pay tribute to: Rebecca Lukens, considered our country’s first female industrialist CEO. Although she inherited her position, she soon established herself as a leader in a once exclusively male industry. In 1825, following the subsequent deaths of her father then her husband a year later, Rebecca Lukens (1794 - 1854) acquired her family’s ironworks. Lukens overcame much adversity, raising a family alone as a widow, w...hile rescuing the mill from bankruptcy. She earned a reputation for making quality boiler plates (the pieces of iron that were bound together to create boilers for steam-driven equipment) and built it into a powerful force as an innovator in the industry. She spent the next several years updating and renovating every aspect and facet of the mill, elevating its reputation to be one of the highest quality standards, bolstering it against a variety of future challenges, and ensuring its continued future success. In 1834, she expanded the business, opening a farm, warehouse, store, and freight agency at a nearby depot, making her the first woman in the United States to head multiple companies at once. During her tenure, she turned the then named Brandywine Iron Works & Nail Factory into one of the American Industrial Revolution’s most successful enterprises. The work of its mills was integral to the Transportation Revolution taking America by storm during much of the 19th century; with the boilerplates it produced used in the construction of ships and locomotives, and the track it produced contributing to the ever-expanding American railroad network. More than 30 years after her death, Brandywine Iron and Nail became the publicly traded Lukens Iron and Steel. It struggled along like the rest of the American steel industry, until Bethlehem Steel acquired it in early 1998. Lukens Steel is America’s longest continuously operating iron & steel mill in the U.S. (1810 - present day) ArcelorMittal #Rebecca Lukens #women’shistorymonth #industrialhistory @thesteelbeam @sofiaorianna #coatesvillepa

New designs we are currently developing: Hammered Sterling Silver Guitar Tie Clip, with and without chain guitar straps. Which do you prefer? @thesteelbeam #mal.rory #guitar #strat #fender #guitar tie clip #men’s gift