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November 24, 2020

Founder of Donora Biked ‘High’

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November 23, 2020

The Carnegie-Donora Connection, Part 2: Donner Vertically Integrates Donora Mills

The second part of two posts linking Donora's founder with the industrial titan Andrew Carnegie.

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November 18, 2020

The Carnegie-Donora Connection, Part 1: Frick Shows Carnegie Value of Vertical Integration

William Henry Donner, founder of Donora, was never a titan in the mold of Rockefeller, Carnegie, or the Mellon brothers were, but he learned a great deal from them all.

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