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The shipyard was sold in 1997 to Baltimore Marine Industries Inc. In 2012, it was owned by Barletta Industries, which had converted it to the Sparrows Point Shipyard and Industrial Complex. [1] [2] As of 2021, it is owned by Sparrows Point Terminal, LLC and has been renamed Tradepoint Atlantic.
Sparrows Point in 2021. Sparrows Point is an industrial area in unincorporated Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, adjacent to Edgemere.Named after Thomas Sparrow, landowner, it was the site of a very large industrial complex owned by Bethlehem Steel, known for steelmaking and shipbuilding.
The Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard at Sparrows Point, Maryland, one of the company's primary steel making and shipbuilding plants Demolition of part of the original facility in Bethlehem in 2007 Blast furnace A at the flagship plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2009
Racial discrimination came not only from Bethlehem Steel, but also from the local branches of the United Steelworkers. Black steelworkers in Sparrows Point staged a series of protests. Freedom marches were held at Sparrows Point, and the national Bethlehem Steel headquarters in Pennsylvania, and in front of the Department of Labor in Washington ...
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland (1914–1997). [15] Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, (1940–1945). [16] [17] Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore. The upper yard was sold to AME/Swirnow in 1983. The site now holds Ritz Carlton and Harborview communities next to Baltimore Museum of Industry. [18] [19]
Six construction workers died after a container ship collided with a Baltimore bridge. Now residents who relied on the Key […]
On Sept. 27, 1941, the first ship -- SS Patrick Henry -- was launched from Bethlehem-Fairfield in a ceremony led by President Roosevelt. Inside the Baltimore shipyard that produced hundreds of ...
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Limited (BethShip) (1913–1964) Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland (1914–1997) Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts; Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana; Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York; Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas (1942–1985)