Links

Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Preserving and managing the historic and cultural resources related to steelmaking in western Pennsylvania.

Out of This Furnace
One of the finest American novels about labor and working people. Thomas Bell’s Out of This Furnace is a powerful story about struggling immigrant workers over three generations in mill towns of the Monongahela Valley.

Battle of Homestead Foundation
A not-for profit organization that encourages and sponsors literary, artistic and cultural events relating to labor and industrial history in the Pittsburgh region.

The Point of Pittsburgh: Production and Struggle at the Forks of the Ohio
A new history of Pittsburgh and its region by Charles McCollester. Instead of another history focusing on the “great men” of industry and politics, McCollester’s book presents history from the bottom up, emphasizing the contributions of natives of the area, workers and unions.

Tube City Almanac
A web site published in and about McKeesport, PA, a once-major steel town located in the Monongahela Valley. The site is rich with historical accounts of the city’s founding, industrial rise, and decline starting in the 1980s.

Rustwire
A web site devoted to news about renewal attempts underway in various cities and regions that make up the socalled Rust Belt.