Nestled along the southwestern tip of Lake Michigan is a highly industrial area called the Calumet Region. It is aptly named for the Calumet River that runs through it, stretching from 79th Street in South Chicago to northwest Indiana, stopping in Gary. It is known mainly for the big steel producers in the US. Steel South Works, US. Steel Gary Works, Inland Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Republic Steel, Interlake Iron and Coke Works, and our neighborhood mill, Wisconsin Steel Works.
There were factories such as Lever Brothers, also known as the “Rinso Factory,” General Mills, Chicago Steel and Wire, and the Calumet Canal and Dock Company. Located at 130th and Torrence Avenue was the vast Ford Motor Assembly Plant. Bounded by 103rd Street to the north, 111th Street to the south, Torrenc
