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"Steel Mill" (July 24, 2016)

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Shep describes his first night working on the open hearth.

Like many young men in Northwest Indiana during the 1930s, Jean Shepherd worked in one of the area steel mills. In this program from July 24, 1964; he describes his first night working at Inland Steel open hearth.

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