For five days, a thick, acrid smog blanketed Donora and nearby Webster.
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1940s
The rail cars were from the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railroad, an ill-fated venture by George Jay Gould to compete with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburgh.
Check out this fascinating YouTube video of FDR visiting Pittsburgh in 1940.
Look at the picturesPresident Roosevelt visits Pittsburgh in 1939
Ray Sprigle was a top-notch investigative journalist.
Look at the picturesPost-Gazette reporter Ray Sprigle disguises himself as a black man
” “Sprigle was a great reporter, but I think he would be very unhappy in this business today.”
Look at the picturesRay Sprigle’s Pulitzer-winning story on the front page of the Post-Gazette