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Established in 1857, shortly after the U.S. Civil War, Bethlehem Steel began as the Bethlehem Rolling Mill and Iron Company along the banks of the Lehigh River. The location was ideal, offering access to crucial resources such as iron ore from nearby Cornwall and Morgantown and anthracite coal from central Pennsylvania through the Lehigh Canal. Additionally, with local limestone quarries and a robust workforce, the site was primed for industrial growth.