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Article: STEEL COMPANY RELOCATED GRANT CALUMET RIVER

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March 15, 1987
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. Partners in Progress

When U.S. Steel Corp. built its great plants on the lakefront in Gary, it was necessary to relocate the Grand Calumet River. The river was moved from its ancient bed in the plant area to a new and straighter channel about a half mile to the south.

For some distance through its property the steel company imprisoned the stream in a narrow bed of masonry, and then for several miles its current was held in ...

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