Abstract: A steam turbine including a casing structure which has an outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, a blade support ring, a plurality of stationary blades arranged in a number of annularly-shaped rows along the length of the turbine on the ring, and a rotor with a plurality of rotating blades arranged in a number of annularly-shaped rows along the length thereof and attached thereto, also includes improved structure providing integrated casing alignment and steam extraction. The improved structure, in combination with the conventional extraction steam piping that exits from the inner cylinder, includes a load plate arranged perpendicularly to the extraction steam piping, one or more flex plates attached between the load plate and the inner cylinder, a plurality of alignment lugs attached in predetermined positions about the load plate, and a plurality of stiffening gussets attached both to the alignment lugs and the load plate.