Panoramic View of U.S. Steel Gary Works, 1936

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The expansive mill was separated from the town of Gary by a channel constructed to narrow the Grand Calumet River, and then relocate it from its path through the middle of the plant site.

Photographer: U. S. Steel Corp.
Source: Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana University Northwest, Gary (CRA-42-115-011)

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