[PRCo] Re: Demise of Steel industry in Pittsburgh

Derrick J Brashear shadow at dementia.org
Tue Sep 11 23:35:26 EDT 2007


On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Fred Schneider wrote:

> Was it Republic Steel?

Only other choice is Otis nee J&L.

But that was the other side of the Cuy. And part of one of them is Steel 
Yard Commons (a shopping center) now.


>> Pittsburgh. The original company (I forget off the top of my head)
>> shut down. LTV bought the operation and ran with only one of four
>> mills. LTV then demolished one of the mills leaving two idle and
>> one operational. LTV then went bankrupt and folded. ISG then bought



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