Abstract
Pittsburgh's legacy of iron, glass, and steel bestowed on this place an enduring reputation as a hard-working town. Sprawling mills shaped neighborhoods and dominated the regional landscape, served by a network of rails and barges. Though the steel industry largely vanished a generation ago, this is still the image many have of Pittsburgh: a place of heat, smoke, long hours, dangerous jobs, mill towns full of bars and churches, and a never-quit work ethic.
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