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MUST SEE: US Steel Plant in 1973

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Tom Sofield
ad Credit: EPA/Wikimedia
An image of the US Steel Fairless Works facility in Falls Township in 1973. The photo shows the steel mill, which opened in December 1952 and brought thousands of jobs, many unionized. The facility on the Delaware River hit a peak employment of 8,000 in 1974. In the years since, the US Steel plant shrunk and only a fraction of the 8,000 employees work there. The company closed a large portion of the plant in 1991. Today, parts of the massive Fairless Works grounds are being used by other companies.
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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.