[PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories

[Dwight Long]

Fred

I have not forgotten the Great Donora Smog!

My father worked in the zinc business and part of the blame for the smog fell upon the Donora Zinc Works, so he was concerned.  He made several trips over there to confer with folks in that plant.  I remember going with him on at least one such--I had to sit in the car til he finished his business.  Got to see, but not ride, the interurbans and the local cars.

It was a really big deal in our neck of the woods back then.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Schneider 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Thursday, 14 October, 2010 16:09
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories


  Still have not heard from Mark.   

  A generation is about 20 years.   A man's typical working life is 40 years.   It has been over half a century since the smog episode in Donora.   Certainly we've forgotten.   
  That applied to the grandparents and great grandparents of today's workers.   


  On Oct 14, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Jerry Matt Matsick wrote:

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  > Thanks Fred - good pictures and a reminder of a "Good Life" from the past.    Donora has been rusted 
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  > so long not many people left who remember what it or other parts of the Mid Mon Valley looked like. 
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  > Perhaps some of this Governmental Stimulus money can be used to restore the Rust Belt Area.   LOL 
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  > I am not holding my breath. 
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  > Jerry 
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  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com> 
  > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 3:20:30 PM 
  > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories 
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  > Interesting.  Thanks, Fred 
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  > So where is the Ukranian bowling alley in Manheim Twp.???? 
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  > Cheers 
  > John 
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  >> From: fwschneider at comcast.net 
  >> Subject: [PRCo] Rust Belt Factories 
  >> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:02:12 -0400 
  >> To: Pittsburgh-Railways at Dementia.Org 
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  >> While looking for something on Allegheny - Ludlum Steel, I stumbled on this website with all sorts of color pictures of abandoned factories all over western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and other area. You can also navigate to coal mines. 
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  >> Have fun for an hour or so.... 
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  >> http://www.coalcampusa.com/rustbelt/pa/pa.htm 
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