Homestead and the Steel Valley
Western Pennsylvania is dotted with what are known locally as mill towns, but few of these communities epitomize this definition more than the municipalities of Homestead, West Homestead, and Munhall. Commonly referred to as the Steel Valley, these towns were home to some of the greatest steel-producing operations in the world. As the Mon Valleys steel production answered the nations call during two world wars, so did the workers who unloaded countless barges of coal and fed the mills great furnaces that produced the material needed for weapons, armament, and tanks. Workers emigrated from every country in Europe to make their mark in America.…
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Weitere Autoren: Carnegie Library of Homestead
- ISBN: 978-0-7385-5487-7
- EAN: 9780738554877
- Produktnummer: 3137893
- Verlag: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 127 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B16.7 cm x D1.2 cm 320 g
- Gewicht: 320
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