Open Hearth at US Steel Mills
This file appears in: ¡Bienvenido a Gary! Mexicans in the Steel City
The open hearth at the Steel Mills, pictured here, operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week where many Mexicans recruits to the US Steel Mills worked long hours in dangerous conditions.
Image courtesy of Indiana University-North West Archive.
This file appears in: ¡Bienvenido a Gary! Mexicans in the Steel City
¡Bienvenido a Gary! Mexicans in the Steel City
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