“Steeples and Steel”
This year, Steelworkers’ Archives, the National Museum of Industrial History, and the County of Northampton partner for the eighth year of these highly regarded minibus tours. “Steeples and Steel” tours pay tribute to the thousands of immigrants who left their Eastern and Central European homelands during the late 1800s through the early 1900s in search of a better life in America. Many settled in South Bethlehem, became steelworkers and helped build their respective ethnic churches.
The guided minibus leaves from the National Museum of Industrial History, 602 E. Second Street, Bethlehem. Departure times are 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on September 2 and 16 and November 4. Parking is available in the lot across from the museum.
On the first hour of the tour, through the neighborhoods and churches of South Bethlehem, a guide relates the history of working-class communities. Each tour enters a church or cemetery for a presentation. The second hour is a steelworker-guided tour of the site of the flagship Bethlehem Steel plant, including the Hoover-Mason Trestle walkway. The tour package also includes a lunch.
See below to make reservations. Contact the Steelworkers’ Archives office at 610-861-0600 with questions. Thank you.
2023 Tour Schedule
September 2nd – 9:30 AM – Fritz United Methodist Church
September 2nd – 1:00 PM – Packer Memorial Church
September 16th – 9:30 AM – Holy Infancy Roman Catholic Church
September 16th – 1:00 PM – Cathedral Church of the Nativity
November 4th – 9:30 AM – St. John AME Zion Church
November 4th – 1:00 PM – TBA
2023 Tour Schedule
Please contact the Steelworkers’ Archives at 610.861.0600 or visit www.steelworkersarchives.com for more information.