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Originally Posted by pj3000
founded, designed, built by a company... there are tons, but these off the top of my head:
- Lawrence Park, PA -- General Electric
- Ambridge, PA -- American Bridge
- Ford City, PA -- PPG
- Windber, PA -- Berwind-White Coal
- Apollo, PA & Vandergrift, PA -- Apollo Iron & Steel
- Hershey, PA -- Hershey
- Wilmerding, PA -- Westinghouse
- Natrona, PA --Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing
- Weirton, WV -- Weirton Steel
- Pullman, IL -- Pullman
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As recently discussed in the rust belt thread, Gary, IN is one of the ultimate examples of a city built by a single company (US Steel). There was nothing there before Gary Steel Works. No town, no village, probably some farms sprinkled among the wilderness, but otherwise nothing.
From a population of zero in 1905, then the steel mill opened in 1906, and by 1930 it had a population of 100K.
From sand dunes and farms to a city of 100,000 people in just 25 years, all built upon the largest steel mill the world had ever seen up to that point. The mill was the town, and the town was the mill. One entity.