Rust Belt
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The Rust Belt, formerly the Steel Belt, is a region of the Northeastern, Midwestern United States, and the very northern parts of the Southern United States. It includes Western New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, southeastern Wisconsin, and small parts of Kentucky, New Jersey, and the St. Louis metropolitan area in Missouri. Cities in the Rust Belt include Allentown, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Gary, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Toledo, Trenton, and Youngstown.
The rusting steel stacks of Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one of the world's largest manufacturers of steel for most of the 20th century. In 1982, however, Bethlehem Steel suspended most of its manufacturing. The company filed bankruptcy in 2001 and was dissolved in 2003.
Allentown, Pennsylvania in the U.S. Rust Belt, May 2010
A disused grain elevator in Buffalo, New York
An abandoned Fisher auto body plant in Detroit
Gary, Indiana
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Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 69,093, making it Indiana's ninth-most populous city. The city has been historically dominated by major industrial activity and is home to U.S. Steel's Gary Works, the largest steel mill complex in North America. Gary is located along the southern shore of Lake Michigan about 25 miles (40 km) southeast of downtown Chicago. The city is the western gateway to the Indiana Dunes National Park, and is within the Chicago metropolitan area.
Image: Gary, Indiana (2022)
Image: Marquette Park Pavilion (Gary, Indiana)
Image: Indiana, June 2014 (14660974313)
Image: Gary Railcats at US Steel Yard