The Other Pennsylvania
“What sets them apart is their mother tongue, religion, economic prospects, inheritance
of land, lifetime spent in one place, the degree of physical endurance and kinship.”
- John Berger’s essay Pig Earth
Pennsylvania photos excluding Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and their suburbs.
Read Moreof land, lifetime spent in one place, the degree of physical endurance and kinship.”
- John Berger’s essay Pig Earth
Pennsylvania photos excluding Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and their suburbs.
Clean Air Started Here
Donora, PA 15033. Donora is in Washington County, Pennsylvania 20 miles south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. Industrial pollution in 1948 described in the following three articles: 1948, smog left deadly legacy in Donora http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2010/12/12/In-1948-smog-left-deadly-legacy-in-Donora/stories/201012120248; Killer smog claims elderly victims http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/killer-smog-claims-elderly-victims and Smog Deaths In 1948 Led To Clean Air Laws http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103359330
