The Geneva Works of the Columbia-Geneva Steel Division, United States Steel Corp., was the West's largest integrated steel operation during the 1940s and 1950s.
Established in 1944, Geneva was the largest and most important defense-related industry developed in Utah during World War II, employing both men and women to build and work at the plant.
Financed by the federal government, the facility cost $200 million and took three years to build. It was located on the shore of Utah Lake because natural resources such as limestone and dolomite from Genola, iron ore from Iron County, coal from Carbon County and water from the Deer Creek Reservoir were readily available. Railroad access also was readily accessible.
When operating at maximum capacity, Geneva employed 4,200 workers and produced 634,010 tons of plate steel and 144,280 tons of shaped steel for the wartime shipping industry.
Source: "History of Utah County," by Richard Holzapfel, published in 1999.