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  • Blasts (Furnaces) From the Past

    Blasts (Furnaces) From the Past

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora History
    November 28, 2020

    Who was Opechancanough, and what did he have to do with blast furnaces in Donora?

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  • Founder of Donora Biked ‘High’

    Founder of Donora Biked ‘High’

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora History, William Donner
    November 24, 2020

    Who was Prince Wells, and how did he get the great William Donner so blinkin’ high? William Henry Donner, founder of Donora, was an astute, no-nonsense businessman. He became business partners with some of the wealthiest men in history, including Henry Clay Frick and the Mellon brothers, Andrew and Thomas, owners of US Steel. He…

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

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

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora History, William Donner
    November 23, 2020

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

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

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

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora History, William Donner
    November 18, 2020

    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. Including how to build his mills in Donora.

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  • The Pain of Dying Alone

    The Pain of Dying Alone

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Just Me
    March 24, 2020

    One of the saddest days of my nursing career happened when I made shift rounds and found that an elderly patient was in the throes of death, alone. I didn’t know him, but I stayed with him until his final breath. No one should have to die alone. But with COVID-19, they are and will…

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  • Was There a 21st Victim of the Donora Death Fog?

    Was There a 21st Victim of the Donora Death Fog?

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Donora Smog Event
    February 12, 2020

    I thought I had determined the final count of victims from the Donora Death Fog. I was wrong.

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  • How Were Lawsuits Settled After the Donora Death Fog?

    How Were Lawsuits Settled After the Donora Death Fog?

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Donora History, Donora Smog Event
    October 26, 2019

    After Susan Gnora died in the smog, a settlement with US Steel allowed each of her eight children, all of whom were age 20 or older, to receive a bit over half the cost of a new TV.

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  • Full List of Donora Smog Victims

    Full List of Donora Smog Victims

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    Andy McPhee

    Donora Death Fog, Donora Smog Event
    October 1, 2019

    So, who *really* died in the Donora Death Fog?

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  • Donora, London, and the Politics of Smog

    Donora, London, and the Politics of Smog

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    Andy McPhee

    Air Pollution, Donora Death Fog, London Great Smog
    September 21, 2019

    After the smog cleared out of the Mon valley that deadly October 1948, after Dr. William Rongaus’s pleas for people to leave town went unheeded, after nearly 6,000 area residents had been sickened and 20 people had perished during the smog or in the immediate aftermath, a 25-person team from the nation’s Public Health Service…

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  • Air Pollution Hotspots Around the World

    Air Pollution Hotspots Around the World

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    Andy McPhee

    Air Pollution, Pertinent History
    June 13, 2019

    Air pollution continues to kill people around the world.

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