Homestead, Pennsylvania — Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Mon Valley, seven miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Pittsburgh but directly across the river from the city limit line.HistorySettled in 1871, Homestead was chartered in 1880 … Wikipedia
Edgar Thomson Steel Works — The Edgar Thomson Steel Works is a steel mill in North Braddock, Pennsylvania. History The mill occupies the historic site of Braddock s Field, on the banks of the Monongahela River east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On July 5, 1755, in the Battle … Wikipedia
Homestead F.C. — The Homestead Steel Workers Football Club, better known as Homestead F.C. was the company team for the Homestead Steel Works of Homestead, Pennsylvania. It played in a variety of local amateur and semi professional leagues in Western Pennsylvania … Wikipedia
Homestead Strike — The Homestead Strike was a labor lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. It is one of the most serious labor disputes in U.S. history. The dispute… … Wikipedia
Carnegie Steel Company — was a steel producing company created by Andrew Carnegie to manage business at his steel mills in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area in the late 19th century.CreationCarnegie constructed his first steel mill in the mid 1870s: the profitable Edgar… … Wikipedia
History of the modern steel industry — The history of the modern steel industry began in the late 1850s, but since then steel has been basic to the world s industrial economy. This article is intended only to address the business, economic and social dimensions of the industry, since… … Wikipedia
homestead — /hohm sted, stid/, n. 1. a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt. 2. any dwelling with its land and buildings where a family makes its home. 3. a tract… … Universalium
Homestead — /hohm sted, stid/, n. a town in S Florida. 20,668. * * * (as used in expressions) Homestead Movement Homestead National Monument Homestead Strike * * * ▪ Florida, United States city, Miami Dade county, southern Florida, U.S., in the fertile … Universalium
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers — The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (commonly known as the AA) was an American labor union formed in 1876 and which represented iron and steel workers. It partnered with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, CIO, in November,… … Wikipedia
Duluth Works — The Duluth Works was an industrial steel and cement manufacturing complex located in Duluth, Minnesota, in operation 1915 to 1987. The complex was operated by the United States Steel Corporation. Officially, the plant s purpose was to supply the… … Wikipedia
