Capital's Utopia : Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, 1855-1916 /
Anne E. Mosher.
- 1 online resource (272 pages): ill.
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Experimentation in the Kiskiminetas Valley iron industry -- Apollo's uneasy transition from iron to steel -- The McMurtry, Olmsted, and Eliot plan for Vandergrift -- Settling the Vandergrift Peninsula -- The steel strike of 1901 -- Growing pains for a "model town".
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. McMurtry, George Gibson, 1838-1915. McMurtry, George Gibson, 1838-1915. Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903. McMurtry, George Gibson, 1838-1915. Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Steel industry and trade--Social aspects. Social conditions. Iron and steel workers. Economic history. Company towns. City planning. Company towns--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift City planning--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift Steel industry and trade--Social aspects--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift Iron and steel workers--History.--Pennsylvania--Vandergrift