Charles Michael Schwab was an American steel magnate. Under his leadership, Bethlehem Steel became the second-largest steel maker in the United States, and one of the most important heavy manufacturers in the world.
Schwab in 1918
Schwab in 1901 at age 39
A promotional poster for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, directed by Schwab in 1918
Schwab's wife Eurana in 1918
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation was an American steelmaking company headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Until its closure in 2003, it was one of the world's largest steel-producing and shipbuilding companies. At the height of its success and productivity, the company was a symbol of American manufacturing leadership in the world, and its decline and ultimate liquidation in the late 20th century is similarly cited as an example of America's diminished manufacturing leadership. From its founding in 1857 through its 2003 dissolution, Bethlehem Steel's headquarters were based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. Its primary steel mill manufacturing facilities were first located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and later expanded to include a major research laboratory in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and plants in Sparrows Point, Maryland, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna, New York, and its final and largest site in Burns Harbor, Indiana.
Bethlehem Steel Works, an 1881 watercolor by Joseph Pennell
The Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, photographed by William H. Rau in 1896
A preferred share of Bethlehem Steel Corporation, issued July 6, 1911
The Bethlehem Steel mill in 1930