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  by Tadman
 
What is the shuttered factory just north of the Blue Island branch on ME? It's between ME and 120th, and a lot looks to be torn down, but at Morgan and 120th there's still a large complex left. I think it might be Pullman.

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  by doepack
 
IIRC, the main Pullman complex was located in the vicinity of 111th & Cottage Grove, so that may or may not be it. I know I've got a book about that somewhere; if I can dig it out, hopefully it'll have the answers...
  by bones
 
That used to be International Harvester.
  by Tadman
 
I'm assuming they shut down around the same time Wisconsin Steel, the former IH steel mills, closed down?
  by bones
 
Don't know when it closed. It's been done for 15 years that I know of.