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Sparrows Point is an unincorporated area in Baltimore County, Maryland. It was named for Thomas Sparrow, landowner, and is adjacent to Dundalk, Maryland. It is the site of a very large industrial complex, now in decline, known in the past for steelmaking and shipbuilding. Steel: The first steel was produced at Sparrows Point in 1889 by the Pennsylvania Steel Company. By the mid-20th century, Sparrows Point was the world's largest steel mill, stretching four miles from end to end and employing tens of thousands of workers. It used the traditional open-hearth steelmaking method to produce ingots, a labor- and energy-intensive process. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1916, the mill's steel ended up as girders in the Golden Gate Bridge and in cables for the George Washington Bridge, and was a vital part of war production during World War I and World War II. The mill was serviced by three railroads: the Western Maryland, Penn, and B&O. By 1961 the mill was producing 672,000 tons of steel ... Read more about Sparrows Point on Wikipedia

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