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Abandoned ventilation shaft building above a bituminous coal mine. This particular "fan house" is about six miles from the main entrance shaft of a former Bethlehem Steel mine. There must have been quite a few of these in the area at one time.
There is just a concrete slab inside now, at one time there would have been a large centrifugal fan to extract air and gases (primarily carbon monoxide and methane) from the huge mine.
If I had this on my property I think I'd fix it up in honor of the people who worked in that mine. But then crackheads would probably vandalize it.
There is just a concrete slab inside now, at one time there would have been a large centrifugal fan to extract air and gases (primarily carbon monoxide and methane) from the huge mine.
If I had this on my property I think I'd fix it up in honor of the people who worked in that mine. But then crackheads would probably vandalize it.
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But seriously... these shafts are probably only a few hundred feet deep. Out in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the farking shafts are like 1/2 mile, 1 mile, some nearly two miles deep! Now THAT freaks me out!
Of course most of them are flooded, and I guess a two mile deep shaft of water is no more dangerous than a 200 foot deep shaft of water, but still... :)
Of course most of them are flooded, and I guess a two mile deep shaft of water is no more dangerous than a 200 foot deep shaft of water, but still... :)
Bethlehem Steel was the 2nd largest steel manufacturer and largest shipbuilder in the USA. Among other things, they supplied the steel for the Golden Gate bridge and made the immense guns for most US battleships. During WWII, they built more ships than any other company in the world. The originated the "wide flange" steel beam that largely made the "skyscraper era" possible.
Peak employment was 300,000 people, about as big as I believe General Electric is today.
Of course the company is gone. Many of their facilities have been completely demolished, although the original plant at Bethlehem (PA) is now a decoration for a lovely casino (which should survive at least 20 years) and which surely provides many lovely minimum wage jobs.
:)
Peak employment was 300,000 people, about as big as I believe General Electric is today.
Of course the company is gone. Many of their facilities have been completely demolished, although the original plant at Bethlehem (PA) is now a decoration for a lovely casino (which should survive at least 20 years) and which surely provides many lovely minimum wage jobs.
:)
Well to be honest, I'm not sure what an employer would get out of it :) lol
Probably the closest would be the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) program, which did some great work, but which I think is long defunct. I'm sure nobody working for it made much but DAMN they got to see some cool stuff!
Probably the closest would be the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) program, which did some great work, but which I think is long defunct. I'm sure nobody working for it made much but DAMN they got to see some cool stuff!
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