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Steel Mill. 80 inch Hot Strip Mill. Inland Steel Co., E. Chicago, Ind.
David Plowden American, 1932-2026
Steel Mill, 80" Hot Strip Mill Finishing Stands, Inland Steel Co., East Chicago, Indiana
Steel Mill, Inland Steel Co., East Chicago, Indiana
Millstone, Kentucky
Mid-Hudson Bridge, Poughkeepsie, New York
Soo Line Railroad, Ore Dock, Marquette, Michigan
Steel Worker, 44" Hot Strip Mill, Inland Steel Co., East Chicago, Indiana
Steel Mill, Inland Steel Co., Ingot Molds, East Chicago, Indiana
Chicago Skyway Bridge
Abandoned Steam Engine, Quincy Mill, Michigan
Taconite Plant, National Mine, Hanna Mining Company, Keewatin, Minnesota
Delaware and Hudson Railroad, Whitehall, New York
Nevada, Ohio
Inland Steel Co., Stockyard with Blast Furnace
S.J. Burton Ayers, Columbia Steamship Co., Loading Iron Ore at Allouez Docks, Superior, Wisconsin
Textile Mills, Lawrence, Massachusetts
Snow Plow, Soo Line R.R., Galdstone, MI
Pink Elephant Saloon, Fredricksburg, Texas
Steel Mill, Blast Furnace, East Chicago, Indiana