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  2. Great Fire of Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    Our Fireman. The History of the Pittsburgh Fire Department from the Village Period until the Present Time. Pittsburgh. pp. 270– 280. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Foster, J. Heron (1845). A Full Account of The Great Fire at Pittsburgh of the Tenth Day of April, 1845. Pittsburgh: J. W. Cook. Hoffer, Peter Charles (2006).

  3. Carrie Furnace - Wikipedia

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    Carrie Furnace is a retired blast furnace located along the Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh area industrial town of Swissvale, Pennsylvania. It was one of the structures comprising the Homestead Steel Works. The Carrie Furnaces were built in 1884 and they operated until 1982.

  4. List of ghost towns in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Semi-abandoned a coal mining ghost town, where a fire has been burning underground for years Cereal: Lindencross Westmoreland County: North Huntingdon Township: Was a major location for breakfast cereal production plants starting in 1904 until the factories closed for good in the 1940s. [26] Chester: Humphries Westmoreland County: Derry ...

  5. Harbison-Walker Refractories Company - Wikipedia

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    On January 30, 1875, Hay Walker Sr. and Samuel P. Harbison entered Articles of Agreement to purchase the interests in Star Fire Brick Company and formed the Harbison and Walker Company. Then on July 30, 1894, Harbison & Walker was incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, finally being chartered as Harbison-Walker ...

  6. Plans to rebuild factory destroyed by fire - AOL

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    Developers say the factory building was "totally lost" after a fire broke out in January 2024. ... Plans to rebuild a factory that was destroyed by a fire last year have been submitted.

  7. Pittsburgh Fire Chief Dies After Collapsing at Site of Blaze ...

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    Pittsburgh Fire Battalion Chief John Walsh died after he collapsed at the scene of a fire on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in East Hills, Penn., report Pittsburgh Post Gazette, WTAE and Trib Live.. Walsh ...

  8. Darr Mine disaster - Wikipedia

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    An inquiry carried out after the disaster determined that the blast was the result of miners carrying open lamps in an area cordoned off the previous day by the fire boss. The mine’s owner, the Pittsburgh Coal Company was not held responsible, but did abandon the use of open lamps after the disaster.

  9. Fire at abandoned building stops traffic on Menaul and ... - AOL

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    Fire Rescue battled the blaze with multiple aerial and ground streams for 2 1/2 ... Oct. 14—An abandoned warehouse next to the Querque Hotel caught fire Monday afternoon. No one was reported ...