Rust Belt: Quick Facts

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abandoned Bethlehem Steel Works

Youngstown steel mills

Pittsburgh: steel mill, 1886

Youngstown steel mill

Workers assemble red Ford Focus cars on an overhead assembly line inside the Ford Motor Company Michigan Assembly Plant.

shuttered steel mill

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