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Industrial morning, Sparrows Point MD. 2009

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Industrial morning, Sparrows Point MD. 2009

Pete at The Moose.

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Pete at The Moose.

Mill Weirton, WVA. in the proc..."-Cathy, Weirton resident

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Mill Weirton, WVA. in the process of being torn down. "They're tearing out the heart of the mill"-Cathy, Weirton resident

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Lee Douglas

Industrial holiday

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Industrial holiday

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All for Thee This Day: The Fall of American Steel

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Don in his yard.

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Don in his yard.

House by the former ISG steel mill in Weirton, WVA

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House by the former ISG steel mill in Weirton, WVA

House a mile from the former s...and Pennsylvania.â€-Vox, 2017

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House a mile from the former steel mill at Sparrows Point, 2018.

â€œThe rise of heroin and fentanyl have led to rapid increases in overdose deaths in states like West Virginia, Ohio...and Pennsylvania.â€-Vox, 2017

On Main St. in Weirton, WVA

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On Main St. in Weirton, WVA

Weirton 25 reunion.

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Weirton 25 reunion.

All for Thee This Day: The Fall of American Steel

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Abandoned tracks

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Abandoned tracks

Dick in his livingroom

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Dick in his livingroom

The Goodtime Saloon butts up a...l on Main St., Yorkville Ohio.

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The Goodtime Saloon butts up against the abandoned RG Steel mill on Main St., Yorkville Ohio.

Guard shack, Yorkville Ohio

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Guard shack, Yorkville Ohio

Abandoned RG mill, Yorkville Ohio

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Abandoned RG mill, Yorkville Ohio

Shattered hard hat left behind...ned RG mill in Yorkville, Ohio

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Shattered hard hat left behind at the abandoned RG mill in Yorkville, Ohio

Main St. Yorkville, Ohio

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Main St. Yorkville, Ohio

Rolled steel at dusk, Weirton WVA

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Rolled steel at dusk, Weirton WVA

Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross ente...ee pensions in 2004.

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Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross enters the National Press Club in D.C. Ross's International Steel Group bought Bethlehem Steel and refused to take over the retiree pensions in 2004.

Ripped flag. The former Easter...ying at a used car dealership.

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Ripped flag. The former Eastern Stainless mill can be seen behind an American flag flying at a used car dealership.

Eddie Bartee Jr. and Eddie Bar...ident of Local 2610.

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Eddie Bartee Jr. and Eddie Bartee Sr. Eddie Sr. was integral in desegerating the mills at Sparrows Point and was the first black president of Local 2610.

Morning corridor

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Morning corridor

Card on a filing cabinet at an... office in Batimore.

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Card on a filing cabinet at an abandoned Union office in Batimore.

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Industrial morning

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Industrial morning

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Dick McDermott

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All for Thee This Day: The Fall of American Steel

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Bob in an abandoned mill

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Bob in an abandoned mill

Backhoe and girters

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Backhoe and girters

Mary's scrapbook

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Mary's scrapbook

Tom in his basement

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Tom in his basement

Cigar box of medals

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Cigar box of medals

Bud and his camera

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Bud and his camera

William at the mills.

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William at the mills.

Ted and his tree

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Ted and his tree

Steel neighborhood

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Steel neighborhood

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Poison pond

Retiree at his meeting

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Retiree at his meeting

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Carded gate

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Vats and weeds

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Smoke stacks

Joe in his yard

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Joe in his yard

America in 2006

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America in 2006

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Old '57

The main office 2018

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The main office 2018

Lee in his livingroom

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Lee in his livingroom

What you need to know about Communism.

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What you need to know about Communism.

Man in the safe

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Man in the safe

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Lone excavator

Fresh water line (now defunct)

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Fresh water line (now defunct)

Retirees wait to hear about more benefit cuts.

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Retirees wait to hear about more benefit cuts.

Abandoned office

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Abandoned office

When we won stuff

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When we won stuff

Chairs in the old union hall.

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Chairs in the old union hall.

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VOTE!

Smoke break during a meeting

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Smoke break during a meeting

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Winning

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Hard hat area

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Trash cans

Benefit cut reaction

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Benefit cut reaction

Cloud where the mills used to be.

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Cloud where the mills used to be.

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Thumbnail of Weirton 25 reunion.

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Thumbnail of Abandoned tracks

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Thumbnail of The Goodtime Saloon butts up ag_ll on Main St., Yorkville Ohio.

Thumbnail of Guard shack, Yorkville Ohio

Thumbnail of Abandoned RG mill, Yorkville Ohio

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Thumbnail of Main St. Yorkville, Ohio

Thumbnail of Rolled steel at dusk, Weirton WVA

Thumbnail of Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross enter_ree pensions in 2004.

Thumbnail of Ripped flag. The former Eastern_lying at a used car dealership.

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Thumbnail of Backhoe and girters

Thumbnail of Mary's scrapbook

Thumbnail of Tom in his basement

Thumbnail of Cigar box of medals

Thumbnail of Bud and his camera

Thumbnail of William at the mills.

Thumbnail of Ted and his tree

Thumbnail of Steel neighborhood

Thumbnail of Poison pond

Thumbnail of Retiree at his meeting

Thumbnail of Carded gate

Thumbnail of Vats and weeds

Thumbnail of Smoke stacks

Thumbnail of Joe in his yard

Thumbnail of America in 2006

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Thumbnail of What you need to know about Communism.

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Public Project

All for Thee This Day: The Fall of American Steel

Copyright J. M. Giordano 2024

Date of Work Mar 2006 - Ongoing

Updated Jan 2019

Location Baltimore, Maryland

Topics Black and White, Documentary, Editorial, Landscape, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture

With my series, All for Thee This Day: The Fall of American Steel, I've been documenting the fall of Sparrow's Point as a steel town for over a decade. The people are tied to the landscape and the landscape tied to steel for over a century. With Trump's new tariffs, something Bush tried in 2002 to disastrous results, I've started to revisit the town and it's residents and retirees. This series is unpublished.
"These are they who build thy houses, weave thy raiment, win thy wheat, smooth the rugged, fill the barren, turn bitter to sweet. All for thee this day? and ever. What reward for them is meet?"-Morris, March of the Workers.

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