industries 9

__ is an important steel city of the United States of America.

pittsburgh

The steel industry at Pittsburgh enjoys local advantages, with some of the raw material such as __________ available locally.

coal

The iron ore needed by Pittsburgh comes from the iron mines at Minnesota, about __________ km from Pittsburgh.

1,500

The famous Great Lakes waterway provides one of the world’s best routes for shipping iron ore __________.

cheaply

Trains carry the ore from the Great Lakes in the Pittsburgh area, and along the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers provide adequate __ supply.

Water

The Ohio, the Monongahela and the __________ rivers provide adequate water supply to the Pittsburgh area.

Allegheny

Today, very few of the large steel mills in Pittsburgh are located in the valleys of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers above __________.

Pittsburgh

Finished steel from Pittsburgh is transported to the market by both land and __________ routes.

water

The Pittsburgh area has many factories other than steel mills that use steel as their raw material to make products such as railroad equipment, heavy machinery, and __________.

rails

The Indian iron and steel industry consists of large integrated steel plants as well as __________ producers, rolling mills and ancillary industries.

secondary