Illinois Steel Company

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Illinois Steel Company was a major late-19th-century American steel producer based in the Chicago area that later became part of the U.S. Steel conglomerate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
manufacturing company
steel company
alsoKnownAs Illinois Steel Co.
businessModel integrated steel production
contributedTo expansion of U.S. steel capacity
country United States
economicSector heavy industry
fate merged into United States Steel Corporation
hasBusinessOperationType iron and steel manufacturing
steel production
headquartersLocation Chicago
historicalRegion American Midwest
industry steel industry
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Illinois
locatedInTime late 19th century
locatedNear Lake Michigan NERFINISHED
operatedIn Chicago metropolitan area
Midwestern United States
partOf American steel trust era
U.S. Steel conglomerate
United States Steel Corporation
product steel
significantEvent acquisition by United States Steel Corporation
significantRole contributor to industrial growth of Chicago
major regional steel producer in the Chicago area
status defunct
timePeriod Gilded Age
usedTransportationInfrastructure Great Lakes shipping
rail transport

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Illinois Steel Company ("Illinois Steel Co.")
alsoKnownAs
Federal Steel Company
hasSubsidiary

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