. Europe and other continents . s, foundries, andmachine shops for ironmanufacturing. Neighboring statesalso enjoy the benefitof the abundant coal ofthis region. In New Iron ore production, in dollars and tons, in the Jersey, NEWARK, JER-five leading iron ore-producing states. ,-, ^ i b f & sey City, Camden, and Hoboken manufacture iron goods. New York City doesthe same, and there is iron manufacturing at Buffalo,Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Troy, and many otherNew York cities. Wilmington, Del., like Philadelphia,is noted for its cars and steel ships ; and Baltimore,Wheeling, , and Roanok
. Europe and other continents . s, foundries, andmachine shops for ironmanufacturing. Neighboring statesalso enjoy the benefitof the abundant coal ofthis region. In New Iron ore production, in dollars and tons, in the Jersey, NEWARK, JER-five leading iron ore-producing states. ,-, ^ i b f & sey City, Camden, and Hoboken manufacture iron goods. New York City doesthe same, and there is iron manufacturing at Buffalo,Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Troy, and many otherNew York cities. Wilmington, Del., like Philadelphia,is noted for its cars and steel ships ; and Baltimore,Wheeling, , and Roanoke, Va., carry on iron and 506 REVIEW OF NORTH AMERICA steel manufacturing. What is the rank of Virginia amongiron-producing states ? (Fig. 388). For reasons stated on page 184, the iron ore of the LakeSuperior region is transported to distant cities, even as faras the cities of Pennsylvania, for manufacture. Boats withore leave the lake ports of Duluth, Superior, Ashland,and Marquette for cities all along the Great Lakes,. Fig. iron, copper, oil, and gas producing regions. especially those which can easily secure coal. Some ofthese cities draw upon the Pennsylvania coal fields; othersobtain coal from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Among thelake cities which receive Lake Superior iron are Chicago,Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit, Milwaukee, and To-ledo. But many others, both on the lakes and at a dis-tance from them, are partly or wholly supplied with ironfor manufacture from the Lake Superior region, the mostproductive iron field in the world. THE UNITED STATES 507 New England also consumes much iron, manufacturingespecially such articles as are light and require muchskill. Why ? Many of the smaller places are engagedin such work, and among the larger cities Boston,Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, New Haven,and Bridgeport make many kinds of articles of metal,including wire, machinery, hardware, firearms, cartridges,bicycles, sewing machines, etc. In Alabama, as in Pennsyl
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