[virgil]

Yeah. What happened to all of those steel mills? Bethlehem Steel is gone. I think US steel is still around, but not like they were.

[bigtoona]

There are no lead smelters in the US anymore. The last one closed a few years ago.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“What happened to all of those steel mills?”

Pictures of US Steel South Works site in Chicago (abandoned lake-front land); and of former Wisconsin Steel site in Chicago.

US Steel South Works:
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/storyimage/CG/20160801/CRED03/160809995/AR/0/U-S-Steel-courts-developers-for-South-Works-site.jpg

https://cdn3.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6128689/south%20works%20google.png

http://media.chicagomag.com//city-life/June-2016/Why-Cant-We-Have-the-Lucas-Museum/MET-AJ-2-LAKE-SHORE-DRIVE-1014.JPG?ver=1465253374

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H-vgaeKssXM/V6f-UCFAkOI/AAAAAAAApz4/6wlqKhRy9BUqcrSs9xAjZMaZjc_EXp4xACLcB/s1600/South%2BWorks%2BOre%2BWall.jpg

Wisconsin Steel:
https://portal-ccc.s3.amazonaws.com/media/images/uic/29/ns0kx9g.jpg