Inland Steel Company

Inland Steel Company
	Inland Steel Building in Chicago
Industry	Steel Production
Predecessor	Chicago Steel Works
Founded	1893
Founder	Joseph Block; Philip D Block; Joseph E Porter; George H Jones; William H Adams; Elias Colbert; Frank Wells; John W Thomas;
Defunct	1998
Fate	Acquired by Ispat International
Successor	Cleveland-Cliffs; (2020–present); ArcelorMittal; (2006–2020); Mittal Steel Company; (2004–2006); Ispat-Inland; (1998–2004)
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, United States

41°40′06″N 87°26′25″W / 41.6684°N 87.4402°W / 41.6684; -87.4402

The Inland Steel Company was an American steel company active in 1893–1998. Its history as an independent firm thus spanned much of the 20th century. It was headquartered in Chicago at the landmark Inland Steel Building.

Inland Steel was an integrated steel company that reduced iron ore to steel. It specialized in the basic open hearth steelmaking process. This produced a steel that was resistant to extreme temperature, unlike those made from the Bessemer or acid open hearth processes.^[2] Its sole steel mill was located in East Chicago, Indiana, on the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal and a large landfill protruding out into Lake Michigan. The steel mill's shoreline location enabled it to take in steelmaking commodities, such as iron ore, coal, and limestone, by lake freighter. Throughout much of its life, Inland Steel operated its own fleet of bulk carrier vessels.^[3]

^ J.E. Johnson, n.d., Public Domain
^ Inland Steel Company 1911, p. 11.
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[1] J.E. Johnson, n.d., Public Domain

[FOOTNOTEInland_Steel_Company191111-2] Inland Steel Company 1911, p. 11.

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