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Indiana University Studies 



strip between the Grand Calumet river and the lake. Almost 

 in the center of the strip is located the mill of the Indiana Steel 

 Company, marked 1 on the map, and just on the east is the harbor 

 and slip 250 feet wide and a half-mile in from the shore. This 



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plant begun in 1906 turned out the first steel rail on January 13, 

 1909. Its problem was that of tremendous buildings put up 

 with rapidity and perfection. Plans for the whole plant must 

 be complete before any part of it could be put up, so that it 

 might grow systematically and in 25 or 50 years be as perfect 

 a plant as if all had been built at one time. 



