https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn 412 en-us 2019-02-26 13:17:14 UTC 2025-07-22 20:36:04 UTC hello@padlet.com 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335331841 From 1870-1920, immigrants, especially from Eastern Europe, worked in steel mills around Pittsburgh. The workers below worked in a Carnegie Steel mill.]]> 2019-02-26 13:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335331841 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335335514 The inclines around Pittsburgh were key ways for workers to get down from the high hills around Pittsburgh into the industrialized valley and urban center.]]> 2019-02-26 13:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335335514 20zhoue1 https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335336363 By Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler]]> 2019-02-26 13:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335336363 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335336643 The towns around Pittsurgh were largely dominated by steel mills, and workers lived nearby in houses usually built by the company.]]> 2019-02-26 13:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335336643 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335337075 Hell with the lid off was a popular name for Pittsburgh due to the heavy pollution and smog present in the city.]]> 2019-02-26 13:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335337075 20maom https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335337902 Pittsburgh present day (left) compared to Pittsburgh in the early 1900s (right).]]> 2019-02-26 13:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335337902 20zhoue1 https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335339315 Pittsburgh had the highest typhoid fever mortality rate of any city in the nation between 1872 and 1908. Someone in Pittsburgh was three times more likely to die of typhoid fever than any other American at that time. Sewage discharge into the rivers was one of the contributing factors to the problem because this was also where the city drew its water supply. Pollution created unclean spaces where disease could spread rapidly.]]> 2019-02-26 13:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335339315 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335340571 Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist and steel magnate whose business dominated the city in the late 1800s.]]> 2019-02-26 13:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335340571 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335856758 Steel mills and factories around Pittsburgh released a large amount of pollution, causing life in the city and breathing the air to become very dangerous.]]> 2019-02-27 13:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335856758 20maom https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335856965 During work hours, streets were often quiet and less busy. ]]> 2019-02-27 13:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335856965 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335857872 In the late 1800s, horses were the primary mode of transportation. They stood in stark contrast to the rising and modern buildings around them.]]> 2019-02-27 13:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335857872 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335866089 Pittsburgh's population skyrocketed from 1870-1920, reaching its peak in the 1950s.]]> 2019-02-27 13:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335866089 20zhoue1 https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335868337  From 1870 - 1920, Pittsburgh's population grew seven times its size. Many were from Italy, the Balkans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Russian Empire. The new cultures led to development of a diverse society. Ethnic neighborhoods also developed.
South Side - Eastern European
Polish Hill - Polish
Bloomfield - Italian
Squirrel Hill - Jewish]]> 2019-02-27 13:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335868337 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335869906 With immigration from southern and eastern Europe, Pittsburgh became more religiously diverse. Below is a Russian Orthodox Church near Pittsburgh.]]> 2019-02-27 13:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335869906 20maom https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335870829 As part of the Great Railroad Strikes across the nation, the violence in Pittsburgh killed at least 40 people. Strikers burned down nearly buildings and destroyed thousands of rail cars.]]> 2019-02-27 13:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335870829 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335873012 Roman Catholic immigrants, especially from Poland, transformed the religious landscape of the city. Below is St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, named after the patron Saint of Poland.]]> 2019-02-27 13:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335873012 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335968135 Below, in this painting of Pittsburgh by Henry Warren, one can see the massive amount of pollution that despoiled the environment around Pittsburgh.]]> 2019-02-27 16:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335968135 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335970082 Pittsburgh grew very fast, to the point at which it overtook the city of Allegheny, which was near Pittsburgh.]]> 2019-02-27 16:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335970082 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335971329 The state of the working-class dwellings in Pittsburgh was deplorable. The poor children often entertained themselves through playing games in the street.]]> 2019-02-27 16:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335971329 20sellb https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335974970 During industrialization, ferries could no longer be relied on to rapidly transport commerce in Pittsburgh. Bridges were built to connect downtown with other areas of the city.]]> 2019-02-27 16:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20maom/egetc1khj7cn/wish/335974970