Probe Into The Rise And Fall Of Geneva Steel Co. In Utah, United Stated

The World War II had a significant impact on economic development in the American west, in the federal government during the period of the war mobilization under the full swing the wartime economy of the American west. As the western states, Utah can’t compare with California, which achieved remarkable development, but its wartime industry representative during World War II shows the federal government’s funding and support, the development of local economy and culture. In Utah valley, Geneva Steel is a local landmark factory, this article attempts take it as the center, through its historical process to illustrate the west under the federal, regional and local participation in the fusion of the three forces under the new situation of the produce energy. Only through deep consideration, The trend from the Geneva Steel’s development, we can understand three kinds of force impact on industrial development in Utah.Geneva Steel’s history began in a federally sponsored projects, and then in the regional power to give strong support to the development and growth. Based on the existing academic research results, on the background of Geneva Steel, affecting the development process and brought the carding and research, and analyses the change of western war industry brings to the western development and the development of its representative.In this paper, the text consists of three parts.The first part tells the story in the World War II, Geneva Steel establish the factors. Under the background of the war, the United States in order to meet the need of war, has carried on the comprehensive economic mobilization in wartime, the federal government, especially in the western invested a large amount of war industry, it is worth mentioning in Utah, Geneva Steel for west shipbuilding industry and military victory has provided the important safeguard. Among them, the national policy behind also contains the artificial factors and the local area. The second part tells the story of Geneva steel construction process, known as the United States in the world warⅡ’s contribution and the change of ownership after the war.The second part tells the Geneva Steel’s construction process. Taking the World War II for node, the Geneva Steel divided into two stages, and the ownership of it had only changed twice, that is to say, firstly from the federal to eastern company, again to the local private enterprise.The third part analyzes the contributions of the Geneva Steel. First is during the war Geneva Steel’s important contributions in military, that is the western steel used for the production of ship has provided the important safeguard. At the same time, as a local landmark enterprise and for the economic and cultural effects of Utah, while in theory of the existence and development of steel plants reflect the eastern and the western, central and local interaction. Finally the paper analysis the failure reason and the lessons of the Geneva Steel. It has an important significance to the construction of modern factory.Conclusion: Geneva Steel shift from the wartime national enterprises run by private companies, reflecting the west no longer attached to the east to develop economy, is under the chance in the second world war broke out, the west by the federal government’s war military support for external force with its own internal force of common development. Geneva Steel, the decline of steel mills are reflected in the American west at the time the rise of new and high technology industries, people’s attitude to manufacturing changes from the traditional advanced. Steel development and exploration, Johnny on the big background of The Times, both external factors, more has its own reason.Probe into the Geneva Steel have not been able to get the attention of the domestic academic circle, this paper hope through the study of the Geneva Steel, in order to explore a funded by the government, then the factory in the local control by private roles and functions.