Railroad tracks and sidings along a steel mill in Whiting, Indiana, a community heavily immersed in the steel industry. Whiting, Indiana, USA.
Railroad trackage and sidings along a steel mill in Whiting, Indiana. The community is heavily immersed in the steel industry with mills abounding throughout the area. The mills are significant users of rail service for the transportation of both raw materials and finished product. Whiting is a fine example of communities in the upper Midwestern part of the United States that historically been highly dependent of heavy industry. For Whiting, Indiana its dependency as been on the steel industry. As such, it is a city that has become identified with, what has been termed the "rust belt" of the United States.
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Location: Whiting, Indiana, USA
Photo credit: © Bruce Leighty / Alamy / Afripics
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