Galion is heralded by the locals as the "town that built the roads". Galion Iron Works made graders and culvert pipe, and other heavy road building equipment that kept that town as profitable as Detroit. Between Galion and Hercules-Bucyrus Iron-Works, in Bucyrus, 9 miles to the west, large sections of early roads throughout the country, and Hoover Dam [[made possible by the Hercules Drag- Line, were built using equipment made in these two neighboring communities.

Detroit built the cars, Galion built the roads to drive them on.