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Subject: [Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun Mar 12 02:37:23 2006
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That's the way the steel world went - Bethlehem, Sheffield, V?lklingen - 
these monuments to the end of the  industrial revolution are the 
pyramids of the electronic era. Another plant that wasn't profitable 
enough for Mr Mittal - Very nice set of photos B.D.!!
Douglas

Philippe Orlent wrote:

> Looking at these made me think of this site:
> http://www.abandoned-places.com/
>
> Thanks for showing,
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Op 12-mrt-06, om 10:16 heeft Daniel Ridings het volgende geschreven:
>
>> That's the work that pulled my grandfather out of the Tennessee
>> sticks, though he worked the Granite City Steel mill east of St.
>> Louis. Those were the good old days. The union took care of my
>> grandmother until she died.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370/Cathedral2
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370/Trees2
>>
>> Shot like that would have not made him happy. They are telling.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On 3/12/06, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Spent today shooting with a group of people at the abandoned  
>>> Bethlehem Steel
>>> Works, in Bethlehem, PA. Not my usual kind of thing, but  
>>> fascinating and
>>> challenging. All wide photos shot with the Olympus E-330 and the  
>>> 11-22 f
>>> 2.8/3.5 lens. Long stuff shot with the Olympus E-1 and the 35-100 f 2
>>> (70-100 35 equiv.)
>>>
>>> Enjoy, or don't. Comment always welcome.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370
>>>
>>>
>>>
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