Gerald C. “Jerry” Marchand, of East Amherst, a retired human resources director for Bethlehem Steel Corp., died Oct. 15 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 77. Born in Buffalo ...

A Viet Nam vet, 2nd LT, Infantry Branch, John returned home in 1970 and worked at the Bethlehem Steel Corporate Office in Bethlehem, PA, and other Bethlehem offices in Burns Harbor IN, Johnstown ...

An unnamed man stands with signs for Bethlehem Steel's Burns Harbor plant in this undated photo, possibly from 1960.

That is ever since the steel firm and its 35,000 jobs moved to Burns Harbor, Indiana in the mid 1980s.

THE NEW HEART OF THE STEEL * SOME 650 MILES AWAY FROM THE CITY THAT GAVE THE COMPANY ITS NAME, BETHLEHEM STEEL IS ALIVE AND WELL — IN BURNS HARBOR, INDIANA.

(dramatic music) (narrator) Bethlehem Steel made the ships, tanks, and guns that helped win the world wars, while at home, the plant welcomed women to their force.

For several months, Bethlehem has been considering creating separate business units at each of its steel mills at Sparrows Point, Burns Harbor, Bethlehem and Steelton, Pa.

Bethlehem Steel built the Burns Harbor mill in the early 1960s and operated it until it filed bankruptcy in 2001.

Today, the Burns Harbor port is home to 30 companies, including three steel mills and 15 steel-related companies on its nearly 600 acres.

The now-defunct Bethlehem Steel Corp. transformed the Lake Michigan shoreline in Porter County when it built the Bethlehem Steel mill on 4,000 acres of undeveloped duneland in Burns Harbor.