Indiana Harbor Works - ArcelorMittal

USA / Indiana / East Chicago / Watling Street, 3210
 steelworks, draw only border
3210 Watling Street
East Chicago, IN 46312
(219) 399-1200
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ArcelorMittal's Indiana Harbor Works is the largest steel mill in North America.

The mill is divided into the East and the West Works. The east works were founded by the Inland Steel Corporation in 1901. Starting as an open hearth shop the mill was constantly enlarged by blast furnaces, rolling mills and further steel making facilities during the world wars. In 1969 the mill employed a workforce of more than 24000. Flat products mostly for the car industry became the main product after World War II. In 1998 Inland steel became ISPAT-Inland.

The west works were founded in 1923 by the Youngstown Sheet And Tube Co. which merged with the Jones And Laughlin Steel Company from Pittsburgh in the early 1960ies. Another fusion with Republic Steel formed the LTV Steel group of which the West Chicago works became part of in 1984. In 2000 LTV filed bankruptcy and was taken over by the ISG group.

Since 2005 East and West Works form the Indiana Harbor Works of Mittal Steel (today ArcelorMittal).

The mill runs five blast furnaces (two on the west side and three on the east side), three BOF shops and an electric arc steel making shop. Two hot strip mills produce wide strip mostly for the car industry. Rebar is produced in a bar mill.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Harbor_and_Ship_Canal
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Coordinates:   41°39'59"N   87°26'17"W

Comments

  • #3 and #4 furnaces are running on the west side(LTV) while #7 on the east side(Inland) runs for a total of 3 furnaces. #5 and #6 furnaces shut down around 2002-3.
  • About a quarter of the way up from the bottom, along the southeast side of the polygon (right where the first bend toward the east is), is where the final scene and overfly shot are filmed from in Original Gangstas, with Fred Williamson and Jim Brown.
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