J-Pit (Gary, Indiana)
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The J-Pit is a large brownfield in Gary, originally a 152-acre sand mine. Lake County once intended to use it as a county landfill site, but the City of Gary sued the county and was given the land. Today it remains undeveloped despite plans to reclaim the lead-poisoned land.
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Coordinates: 41°34'57"N 87°24'55"W
- Former US Steel South Works Site 22 km
- GM Guide Lamp Division Anderson, IN Plant (closed-demolished) 219 km
- Former Alcoa Plant 404 km
- J&L Steel Hazelwood Works site 639 km
- Summerset at Frick Park aka "Pithole" 642 km
- Bethlehem Lackawanna Steel Mill Brownfields 718 km
- Former Philadelphia Refinery and Tank Farm - Sunoco Inc. 1044 km
- Belle Mead Depot (Abandoned) 1075 km
- Whittaker-Bermite Brownfield 2827 km
- Arcelor Mittal - Hlušinný Odval Lihovarská ( Dump Lihovarská) 7558 km
- Westside 0.5 km
- Gary Landfill 0.6 km
- Calumet Home Gardens 1.4 km
- Route 912 Business and Industrial Park 1.8 km
- Ivanhoe Dune and Swale Nature Preserve 2.3 km
- Brunswick 2.6 km
- Westside Development District 3 km
- Hessville 3 km
- Gibson Woods Nature Preserve County Park 3.3 km
- Lake County, Indiana 14 km