An aerial view of the new pre-fab plant of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation along a waterway at 8501 East Marginal Way, Seattle.The Seattle Fabricating Works of Bethlehem Pacific was the newest plant in the nation capable of fabricating steel for large buildings, bridges and towers. It was built in 1950 on 8 acres of land on East Marginal Way, across from Boeing Field. It normally had about 250 employees. In the plant, structural steel and plates are cut, punched, drilled, bent, machined and prepared for erection.

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Aerial exposure of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Co. in Seattle, industrial fastener division. Also known as the Bolt and Nut Department, this plant is located on a five acre tract along the Duwamish Waterway less than a mile east of the main plant. Here steel bars and rods are manufactured into bolts, nuts, spikes, rivets and a variety of fasteners.

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