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Oct 27, 2020 · In Donora, an industrial center where massive zinc and steel wire mills had for decades poured contaminants into the air, an unusually stubborn inversion settled in on the morning of October 27...
Oct 27, 2011 · In the early morning hours of October 26, 1948, a fog settled over the town of Donora, Pennsylvania, the home of U.S. Steel Corporation 's Donora Zinc Works and American Steel and Wire. As the day wore on, the fog became progressively thicker and witnesses even claimed that it was so thick and potent they could taste it.
Nov 29, 2017 · The residents of Donora, Pennsylvania, knew their riverside factories were dirty long before 1948.
A murderous villain terrorized the town of Donora during the last week of October 1948. The silent killer took the lives of 20 people and left thousands of others in its wake. The killer came in without warning and vanished in a puff of smoke. On the western bank of the Monongahela River lies the small town of Donora.
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At the end of October 1948, the communities of Donora and Webster in Pennsylvania were visited by a smog that changed the face of environmental protection in the United States. Conservative estimates showed that 20 individuals died, while an additional 5900—43% of the population of Donora—were affected by the smog.
Dec 5, 2009 · A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.
Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. The population was 4,558 as of the 2020 census.
