Pittsburgh's Industrial Past | Historic Pittsburgh

1935/1980

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Title
Pittsburgh's Industrial Past
Creator
John R. Shrader
Identifier
MSP285.B021.F19.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B021.F19.I01
Description
Smoke emissions from a steel mill illustrates the extent of air pollution in the metropolitan Pittsburgh area prior to smoke control programs. In 1945 there were 1,293 manufacturing facilities in Pittsburgh, which produced the smog and pollution that the city was notorious for until 1950. On September 23, 1947, the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners appointed a Smoke Control Advisory Committee to study smoke conditions in the county and to make recommendations for the regulation of the production and emission of smoke emanating from chimneys, smokestacks, or other sources within Allegheny County’s limits. The Smoke Control Committee investigated and studied the potential problems of smoke pollution and periodically reported to the Board of County Commissioners with regulation and abatement recommendations.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Pittsburgh (Pa.).Smoky City.
Smoke prevention--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Steel industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Air Pollution--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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