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What factor contributed to chicago's rise as a steel-making and manufacturing center in the late 1800s?

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The main reason was the construction of railroads.

Two railroads especially were important in making Chicago the steel-making and manufacturing center and those were Galena & Chicago Union Railroad. Chicago was a small town that boomed. Their boom started as there were factories in Chicago that manufactured rails for many railroads among other things.
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