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2. Clayton Mark and Company - Wikipedia

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   It was the single largest employer in the city, with overall sales exceeding $10,000,000 a year. [3] Clayton Mark products were sold throughout the United States and many countries worldwide. [ 3 ] For example, Mark's forged steel unions (high pressure fittings) were used in oil wells from Texas to Arabia. [ 3 ]

3. Water cribs in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The water cribs in Chicago are structures built to house and protect offshore water intakes used to supply the City of Chicago with drinking water from Lake Michigan. Water is collected and transported through tunnels located close to 200 feet (61 m) beneath the lake, varying in shape from circular to oval, and ranging in diameter from 10 to 20 ...

4. Stainless steel - Wikipedia

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   Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy containing a minimum level of chromium that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion results from the 10.5%, or more, chromium content which forms a passive film that can protect the material ...

5. Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago - AOL

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   Consider Chicago, with more water pipes made out of lead than any U.S. city, some 400,000. Since Chicago was never forced to remove its lead pipe, it left most of it in the ground, relying on ...

6. South Works - Wikipedia

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   The plant later moved to South Chicago because raw materials could be shipped in via Lake Michigan, as well as an existing labor pool and available fresh water from the lake and the Calumet River. [1] In 1889, the facility merged with three other steel mills to form a new company called Illinois Steel, which later became part of Federal Steel. [1]

7. Reliance, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Reliance, Inc. (Reliance), headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the largest metals service center operator in North America.The company provides metals processing services and distributes a line of approximately 100,000 metal products, including aluminum, brass, alloy, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty metal products to 125,000 customers such as fabricators and ...