Milwaukee, WI, United States
Bay View's Rolling Mill Near this site in Bay view stood the Milwaukee Iron Company rolling mill, the first major heavy industry in the region and and important producer of iron and steel for the Midwest. The mil, which opened in 1868, transformed ore from Dodge County and Lake Superior area mines i
nto iron products including thousands of tons of rail for the region's growing railroads. By 1885, more than 1500 people were employed at the plant, some recruited from the iron-producing districts of
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