Here is an announcement from Save Our Steel & SteelworkersÂ’ Archives about an upcoming meeting:

Why Should We Save Our Steel?

Some people ask why preserve the Steel when we need economic development. But, preservation can generate the highest levels of economic development. Please join us to learn how preservation and economic development can combine to create a prosperous future for Bethlehem.

PUBLIC MEETING

DATE: Thursday, January 29, 2004

TIME: 7:00 p.m.

PLACE: Comfort Suites Hotel,
120 W. Third Street, Bethlehem, PA, 610-882-9700
DIRECTIONS: I-78, Exit 67, 3 Miles North on Rte 412 or 22 to Rte 378 S. to Third St. Exit, 1 Block to Hotel

Save Our Steel & Steelworkers' Archives are proud to present:

Michel R. Lefevre, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, addressing the integration of economic development and historic preservation.

Robert W. Ogle, Bucks County College Historic Preservation Program Development Director and University of Kentucky Department of Historic Preservation Research Assistant, addressing the economics of preservation.

Dr. Katherine Carte Engel, Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities (MARCH) and Rutgers University Assistant Professor of History, addressing the role of MARCH in assisting local efforts to preserve the former Bethlehem Steel site.

More information on preservation efforts can be found at: http://www.saveoursteel.org

The preservation of this site is important to railway preservation as a significant part of it is slated to become the home of the National Museum of Industrial History. This fall/winter, they will open a preview center, Exposition Hall, which will exhibit two 19th century steam locomotives, the 1851 Cumberland Valley RR “Pioneer” 2-2-2T and the Baldwin built 0-4-2T Hawaiian plantation engine “Olomana.” The final phase of the project will preserve and open to visitors the steel mill itself which includes a fleet of molten metal and slag cars as well as a separate system with a three foot gauge Whitcomb diesel and cars. Additionally, an elevated, broad gauge, electric ore hauling railway is still in existence and slated to be used as a people moving system.

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