March 8, 2009
ArcelorMittal - Cleveland Steel Suspends Operations
ArcelorMittal - Cleveland Steel Suspends OperationsMarch 7, 2009
The end of the line has come for steel manufacturing in Cleveland, Ohio. The ArcelorMittal Plant, reborn from the rubble of a steel-making legacy that goes back to 1880, has suspended operations at the old Jones & Laughlin plant. About 1100 people will lose their jobs. Yesterday, I drove to the plant gate and talked with the security guard on duty. "They ain't making no steel in there," he said. "They ain't made no steel in there for a long time."
The Cleveland industrial flats were once the economic heartland of the country. There is a legend in Cleveland that in the 1950s a member of the Krups Board of Directors was visiting Cyrus Eaton in his office in the Terminal Tower, overlooking the flats, which at that time was in full production. "If Hitler had seen this sight," said the visitor, "He would never have started World War II." When Barack Obama talks about replacing the manufacturing base in this country, this is what he is talking about.
DHL
The Cleveland industrial flats were once the economic heartland of the country. There is a legend in Cleveland that in the 1950s a member of the Krups Board of Directors was visiting Cyrus Eaton in his office in the Terminal Tower, overlooking the flats, which at that time was in full production. "If Hitler had seen this sight," said the visitor, "He would never have started World War II." When Barack Obama talks about replacing the manufacturing base in this country, this is what he is talking about.
DHL
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