When the city of Pittsburgh is mentioned, the association of this town with the steel industry is immediate and powerful, but how did Pittsburgh become the steel capital of the world?I wanted to understand the reasons why Pittsburgh became so prominent, and I found that, as in most cases, the rise of Pittsburgh was not…
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Why study Pittsburgh?
The reason that I chose to focus on the city of Pittsburgh for my website is because of the historical importance of industrial production, specifically of steel, to the city and how it grew. I am interested in labor history and given the prevalence of steel mills in Pittsburgh I am interested to learn how…