Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
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Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal is a major industrial waterway in northwest Indiana that serves as a key shipping and steel-production hub on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal canonical | 3 |
| Indiana Harbor Canal | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
ⓘ
industrial waterway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
U.S. Steel Gary Works complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Indiana Harbor steel complex
industrial shoreline of East Chicago ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| connects | industrial facilities to Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasEconomicRole |
key steel-production hub
ⓘ
major industrial shipping hub ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalConcern |
industrial pollution
ⓘ
sediment contamination ⓘ |
| hasMouth | Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| hasPart | Indiana Harbor ⓘ |
| hasStrategicImportance |
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway trade
|
| isPartOf |
Great Lakes port system
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Lakes shipping network
Lake Michigan watershed ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Michigan waterway system
|
| locatedIn |
Indiana
ⓘ
Lake County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea |
Calumet Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago–Gary–Lake County region
|
| locatedInRegion | Northwest Indiana ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern shore of Lake Michigan ⓘ |
| nearbyIndustry |
chemical plants
ⓘ
petroleum refining ⓘ steel mills ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
serving heavy industry
ⓘ
serving steel mills ⓘ |
| region |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
American Midwest
|
| regionRole | major industrial corridor of Northwest Indiana ⓘ |
| servesCity |
East Chicago, Indiana
ⓘ
Hammond, Indiana ⓘ |
| servesPort |
Indiana Harbor
ⓘ
Port of Burns Harbor ⓘ
surface form:
Port of Indiana – Burns Harbor
|
| supportsActivity |
bulk cargo transport
ⓘ
coal shipping ⓘ finished steel shipping ⓘ ore shipping ⓘ |
| transportMode | freight shipping ⓘ |
| usedBy |
barges
ⓘ
lake freighters ⓘ tugboats ⓘ |
| usedFor |
industrial transport
ⓘ
shipping ⓘ steel production support ⓘ |
| waterbody | man-made channel ⓘ |
| waterwaySystemRole | feeder canal to Lake Michigan ports ⓘ |
| waterwayType | harbor canal ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Indiana Harbor Canal