1958 Map of Racine

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Lake Michigan dominates this regional survey, serving as the central link between the industrial shoreline of Wisconsin and Illinois and the resort-heavy coast of Michigan. On the western shore, the dense urban corridor from Milwaukee south through Racine and Kenosha is punctuated by strategic installations like the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and Fort Sheridan. The landscape here is deeply shaped by the shoreline economy, from the protected Wilmette Harbor to the industrial tracts of Waukegan.