Well that was a closer election than I expected but still a comfortable victory. Now we have to plan the second-term agenda in earnest. Losing those two Southerners was somewhat inevitable- the South has now fully transitioned to the GOP- even a Southerner like me can only win 1 former Confederate state, which says a lot about how the political landscape has changed over the years. Connect with Pittsburgh’s steel industry heritage on this guided tour of the Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark. Tours highlight the site’s iron-making technology, its workers, and their culture.

Weirton exudes the retro charms of a 1970s steel town. Because Weirton is located on the Ohio River between Eastern Ohio and Pennsylvania and just 35 miles from Pittsburgh, Super 8 could...An explosion at a Weirton Steel coke plant on Browns Island on Dec. 15, 1972, killed 19 men and injured 10 others. It was the worst industrial accident in Weirton’s history. During World War II, Crucible Steel made bullet casings for the United States military. In the 1921-1926 city directories of East Liverpool as "Hissom Howard E, millwkr, res 855 Penna av." This was the same address as his mother, Rebecca.

Weirton's, "Mill of the Future", the Basic Oxygen Plant (BOP), opens. 1982 With over 2,300 employees laid off and production at 60%, Weirton Steel (like the rest of the industry) is hurting. On March 2, National Steel announces that it will no longer invest capital in its Weirton division. In the two weeks bridging the stock market crash of October 24, 1929 and the merger of Weirton Steel Company, Great Lakes Steel Corporation, and certain subsidiaries of M.A. Hanna Company, United States securities were stripped of more than $40 billion of their value, sending the economy in a tailspin.

WEIRTON — Les Washington watched the clean up crews trying to hose dirt and debris from his neighbors’ homes Saturday, waiting his turn. “I didn’t think it’d be that bad, even after looking at the video on Facebook,” said Washington, whose home on Weir Avenue overlooks the pile of metal and debris that used to be Weirton Steel’s ...

Dec. 15, 1972: An explosion at a Weirton Steel coke plant on Browns Island killed 19 men and injured 10 others. It was the worst industrial accident in Weirton’s history. It was the worst ...