1873 In October, the first steel (for steel rails) is produced on the site.
1899 The Bethlehem Steel Company is established.
1904 The Bethlehem Steel Corporation is officially formed.
1916 Bethlehem Steel becomes the nation’s No. 2 steel manufacturer behind U.S. Steel.
1930 The Chrysler Building in New York (the world’s tallest building for 11 months) is completed. Bethlehem Steel’s wide-flange beams developed two decades earlier, made the skyscraper era possible.
1937 The Golden Gate Bridge is completed. Bethlehem Steel is an integral part of the 83,000 tons of steel used in the project. The awesome orange color that you see here at ArtsQuest Center is the same color used on the Golden Gate Bridge – International Orange.
1943 During World War II, more than 31,000 people – an all-time high – work at the Bethlehem plant.
1968 Madison Square Garden in New York City opens with a salute to the USO starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope. In 1966, Bethlehem Steel started producing steel used in the construction of the famous arena.
1995 The Bethlehem plant closes, marking first time in more than 120 years that steel is not made on the site.
2005 On a crisp November day, ArtsQuest, PBS 39, Sands Casino Resort and City of Bethlehem officials gather in the former Bethlehem Steel No. 8 Hammer Shop to announce the SteelStacks arts campus.
2010 In mid-January construction begins on the 65,000-square-foot, four-story ArtsQuest Center. Fifteen months later – in May 2011 – the building opens to public.
2011 The Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks opens in July, followed by PBS 39’s new broadcast center later that summer. The Levitt presents more than 50 free concerts for the community each summer.
2012 The new Bethlehem Visitor Center, located in the 1863 Stock House – the oldest building on the SteelStacks site – opens in October.