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Pitt-starter: Steel Town – A Film About the Homestead Steel Strike

September 30, 2013 Lindsay

I love this Kickstarter project and I hope you will take a minute to watch their intro video.  Steel Town is a film about the Homestead Steel strike in 1892.  This strike led to a violent battle and in the end 12 people were killed.  The Homestead Steel strike had major implications for the labor movement and it all happened here, in Pittsburgh – near where you find the Waterfront shopping center. I sat down with the folks behind this Kickstarter and I’m really excited for what they are putting together.  I think this film is a great way to… Read the rest

Filed Under: Pitt-Starter Tagged With: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, Homestead Strike, Kickstarter, pittsburgh, Steel Town, Waterfront

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