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end of steel

British  

noun

  1. a point up to which railway tracks have been laid

  2. a town located at such a point

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Lawyers for Sanjeev Gupta, executive chairman of GFG Alliance which owns Liberty, warned that a winding up order could mean the end of steel production at the plant.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

A failure to act and tackle the dumping of cheap Chinese steel will spell the end of steel in the U.K.,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2015

North of the end of steel extends 75 per cent of this rich Province, yet unexploited.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior

It had averaged eight miles an hour on its climb toward Yellowhead Pass and the end of steel.

From The Hunted Woman by Curwood, James Oliver

At a little town at the end of steel Ben and Ezram ended the first lap of their journey.

From The Sky Line of Spruce by Marshall, Edison