[PRCo] Re: Route 80

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Fred Schneider wrote:

> 1.  Homestead US Steel  (20,000 maximum in 1945)
> 2.  Homestead, Mesta Machine  (Perhaps 5000)
> 3.  Rankin, Carrie Furnace  (Included in Homestead)

Don't forget the "Bethlehem Steel" plant in Rankin....

> 4.  Edgar Thompson Works, Braddock  (Maybe 5,000 tops)
> 5.  Westinghouse, East Pittsburgh  (11,000 in 1914)
> 6.  Westinghouse Air Brake, Wilmerding
> 7.  Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Glenwood
>
> Could those seven companies have employed 50,000 at the peak?

They didn't all peak at the same time, I bet.