Gary Works
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| Gary Works | |
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| Location | Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
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| Industry | Steel |
| Employees | 2,256 (2023) |
The Gary Works is a steel mill in Gary, Indiana, on the shore of Lake Michigan. For many years, the Gary Works was the world's largest steel mill, and it remains the largest integrated mill in North America.[1] It is operated by U.S. Steel.
The Gary Works includes both steelmaking and finishing facilities as an integrated mill, and has an annual capacity of 8.2 million tons.[2] It contains:[3]
- Four blast furnaces
- Three top-blown basic oxygen process (BOP) vessels
- Three bottom-blown BOP (Q-BOP) vessels
- Vacuum degasser
- Three ladle metallurgy facilities
- Four continuous slab casters
- An 84" hot strip mill
- Hot-rolled temper mill
- 80" and 84" pickle lines
- A 52" six-stand and an 80" five-stand cold-reduction mills
- Electrolytic cleaning line
- Three batch annealing facilities
- A 38" continuous annealing line
- An 80" one-stand, a 48" two-stand, and an 84" two-stand temper mills
- A 48" two-stand double cold-reduction mill
- A 37" and a 46" electrolytic tinning lines
- Pig Iron Caster
The Gary Works was under construction from 1906 to 1908, and the first shipment of iron ore was unloaded on June 23, 1908.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. About 11 million cubic feet (310,000 m3) of sand were moved in the process of constructing the plant.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The Gary Works remains Gary's largest single employer and a key element of the city's tax base,[4] but employment levels have fallen substantially since the mid-20th century; the plant and allied facilities employed over 30,000 people in the early 1970s, but only 6,000 in 1990,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. 5,000 in 2015,[5] 2,500 in 2021,[6] and 2,246 in 2023.[7] The plant is also a central part of the city's geography; its main entrance is at the northern end of Broadway, the city's main thoroughfare.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.NiSource, Inc. (October 14, 1999). "U.S. Steel - Primary Energy Cogeneration Plant at Gary Works Wins National Recognition". Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.U.S. Steel. "Gary Works". Retrieved June 10, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Us - Locations - www.ussteel.com". www.ussteel.com. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gary gets a reprieve as DUAB rules against tax cap". Chicago Crusader. April 16, 2011. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pete, Joseph S. (April 24, 2015). "U.S. Steel starts layoffs of up to 323 workers at Gary Works". NWI Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bonior, Jeffrey (October 26, 2021). "How Trade Action Helped Secure the Future for Steelworkers Like Mike Lohse". Alliance for American Manufacturing.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pete, Joseph S. (December 29, 2022). "U.S. Steel to lay off 244 workers when it idles tin operations at Gary Works". NWI Times.
Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Catlin, Robert A. (1993). Racial politics and urban planning: Gary, Indiana, 1980-1989.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schoon, Kenneth J. (2003). Calumet Beginnings. ISBN 978-0-253-34218-8.
