Gary "Steel Strong" After 100 Years

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(GARY) - A banner hanging from a rusty railroad bridge reminds drivers entering Gary that it is “Steel Strong” after 100 years.

The main source of that strength sits along seven miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, where U.S. Steel's Gary works complex employs 5,500 people and helps make Indiana the country's top steel-producing state.

Heavy industry continues to be an economic staple across Gary and several northwest Indiana counties known as "the region."

But environmentalists and others worry about the harm it causes Lake Michigan and nearby rivers. Permits involving a BP refinery in Whiting and the Gary Works have sparked fresh concern in recent months.

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