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Franklin Mills 
Name: Franklin Mills
Collection: Vogel Slide Collection
Site: Bethlehem Steel
Unit: 4
Piece: 5-36
Structure: Overview
Photo credit: Robert M. Vogel
Photo date: 1973-06-21
Notes: Overview photograph of the Bethlehem Steel Works Franklin mills in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Large slag piles are located in mid-ground, a dam at the extreme right and isolated stack and storage tank on hillside.
The Franklin Mills were built by the newly re-organized Cambria Steel Company in 1898. The mill was purchased by the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company in 1916, which in turn sold the mill to Bethlehem Steel Company in 1923. Bethlehem Steel closed the mill in 1992.
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