[PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories

[Dwight Long]

Jerry

You were not a masochist.  Had you been, on weekdays, at least, you could have ridden the "local" all the way through Mon City to Riverview loop and transferred to the "modern" cars there! You could also have ridden the "local" (the old low speed Jones double enders) to Charleroi on the car house trips.

Nice to hear from someone from Donora, "Next to Yours, the Friendliest Town in the USA----and Home of Stan Musial!"  Not to mention with a father who worked in the same bidness as mine.

Dwight

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Thursday, 14 October, 2010 19:46
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories



  Dwight and Fred 



  As an old Donora Boy, whos Dad worked int the Zinc Works at Donora, I lived about 1.5 miles 

  from the plant and often rode the local and interurban street cars, what an adventure it was back 

  in those days, rode the local to Black Diamond and caught interurban to Charleroi or to Pgh. 

  Nothing like it these days, what a thrill to ride! 



  Jerry M 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net> 
  To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:19:36 PM 
  Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories 

  And how old are we Dwight? 


  On Oct 14, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Dwight Long wrote: 

  > Fred 
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  > I have not forgotten the Great Donora Smog! 
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  > 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. Â He made several trips over there to confer with folks in that plant. Â I remember going with him on at least one such--I had to sit in the car til he finished his business. Â Got to see, but not ride, the interurbans and the local cars. 
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  > It was a really big deal in our neck of the woods back then. 
  > 
  > Dwight 
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  > Â ----- Original Message ----- 
  > Â From: Fred Schneider 
  > Â To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
  > Â Sent: Thursday, 14 October, 2010 16:09 
  > Â Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rust Belt Factories 
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  > Â Still have not heard from Mark. Â 
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  > Â A generation is about 20 years. Â A man's typical working life is 40 years. Â It has been over half a century since the smog episode in Donora. Â Certainly we've forgotten. Â 
  > Â That applied to the grandparents and great grandparents of today's workers. Â 
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  > Â 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. Â Â 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. Â 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. Â 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 
  >>> 
  >>> 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. 
  >>> 
  >>> Have fun for an hour or so.... 
  >>> 
  >>> http://www.coalcampusa.com/rustbelt/pa/pa.htm 
  >>> 
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