Lukens Steel Videos
2022
Join our panel of women, both active and retired, who have worked in the steel
industry. Our panel consists of both office workers and production workers. Hear about
how the industry has changed over the last 50 years. Their best memories, and their
worst.
2019
Steel workers - men and women, retired and active, talk about their experiences
working in a steel mill.
2018
Richard Smith, Manager, Process and Product Design — ArcelorMittal Coatesville,
looks at Coatesville's 206" Rolling Mill, which is celebrating 100 years of operations
in 2018. The 206" was once the largest mill in the world and is still making
steel for American ships and submarines.
2017
Join us for our Women's History Month program, titled "Coatesville Steel: The
Women's Experience."
Black steelworkers will take a trip down memory lane and share their working experience
at the Coatesville steel site.
2014
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the ruling in Goodman vs. Lukens Steel Co. as
well as the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. Dr. Craig Stutman, Assistant Professor of History and Policy Studies
at Delaware Valley College, will share his noted research on the case and its influence
on American society.
2012
Chester County historian Eugene DiOrio talks on
the connection with Lukens Steel and the creation of the Chester Valley Bank.
2011
A panel of former Lukens employees discuss the reason Lukens was a special place to
work.
2010
200 Years of Rolling Along the Brandywine - The Story
of the Brandywine Iron Works and Nail Factory and the many other
rolling mills of the Brandywine Valley. Presented by Richard Smith at
May 6th for the The Graystone Society's 2010 Lecture Series
2009
Lukens steel of Coatesville was one of the most successful steel plate rolling
mills in America. Learn about the process here. How ingots are heated and rolled to
form plate. The mill still exists now owned by ArcelorMittal. Visit this historic
district in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
2008
Ed Frey, General Manager ArcelorMittal Coatesville, talks about the Coatesville
steel mill from the end of Lukens in 1998 to the 2008 ArcelorMittal operations.
2002
Learn about the life and legacy Rebecca Webb Pennock Lukens, America"s first
female industrialist.
Learn about the life and legacy Rebecca Webb Pennock Lukens, America"s first
female industrialist.
1981
Film detailing how Lukens Steel Company develops and manufactures steel plates
and plate products, as well as the contributions the company has made to the steel
industry and the industrial advancement of the United States. Produced by Film Makers
of Philadelphia.
1980
Film promoting Lukens Steel Company as the ultimate "specialists" in
the production of quality plate steels and plate steel products. Steel manufactured
by Lukens is used by a variety of industries that keep the United States functioning
and growing, such as the energy, transportation, and construction industries. Narrated
by James P. O'Leary. Cinematography by Edward Hoffman. Produced and directed by J.
Ira Laird, Jr.
1969
1960
Charles Lukens Huston, Jr. and fellow members of the Coatesville Conference on
Economic Freedoms visit the White House and present President Eisenhower with a plaque
containing The Coatesville Declaration.
Footage from the celebrations surrounding the 150th anniversary of Lukens Steel
Company. Includes a parade, concert, and fireworks.
Footage from the celebrations surrounding the 150th anniversary of Lukens Steel
Company. Includes a parade, concert, stage play, and fireworks.
1953
The Benefits of Clad Steel Equipment. "Production efficiency begins with
production equipment." Film highlighting the benefits of clad steel equipment
in industrial settings. Directed by Robert Yarnall Richie.
1944
"To withstand uniform pressure, the strongest structural shape known to
engineering science is the sphere. Pressure vessels, boilers, and other units necessary
to many industrial processes use strong metal heads that are spherical. American ingenuity
long ago supplied American industry with the methods for spinning and pressing iron
and steel plates into the many types of heads needed for vessels of every description."
Film demonstrating how Lukens Steel Company creates these "heads" for various
industrial needs.
1942
A look inside the 1942 Lukens Steel Company steel-works, the world's largest
steel plate mill, located in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The film follows John Miller,
a boss roller for Lukens, as he and his fellow steelworkers goes about their daily
tasks at the mill to produce the plates. Also includes footage of Coatesville and
the employee neighborhoods.
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