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Q: Why is Ohio full of steelworks? A: Because it’s halfway between the iron of Lake Michigan and the coal of the Appalachians.
by mjklin 5y ago
Q: Why is Ohio full of steelworks?
A: Because it’s halfway between the iron of Lake Michigan and the coal of the Appalachians.
- Tabular-Iceberg 5y agoIs that the full story? Intuitively it seems to me the better place would be either where the coal is or where the ore is. Either that or it doesn't matter, as long as it's between them and not somewhere else altogether.
- euroderf 5y agoSteelworks are (or: were) strung out along the rivers there.