City Seal 3
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Promoters referred to Gary as a “miracle city,” a “magic city,” and the “city of the century.” “City of the Century” was also used on the official city seal, which depicts a globe being covered with oil.
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Construction of the Mill
Unlike other well-known centers of industry, such as Pittsburgh or Detroit, where the cities significantly predated the beginning of industrial development in those areas, Gary’s history as a city begins with US Steel. In the early twentieth…