Residents of Saline, Michigan, rally against a $7 billion Stargate data center on December 1, 2025. | Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
For more than a century, the Conshohocken steel mill in suburban Philadelphia employed thousands of people and anchored a booming industrial economy. But the original owner went bankrupt in the 1970s, after which the facility limped on with a succession of new owners. Last summer it was idled indefinitely, and put up for sale.
It’s a familiar story of decline. The Trump administration talked a big game about reviving American manuf...
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