The Great Steel Strike of 1919

The Great Steel Strike of 1919 is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Braddock, Allegheny County, dedicated 1994.

Braddock Ave. at 11th St., at United Steelworkers Local 1219, Braddock

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In the largest work stoppage to that date, over 350,000 U.S. workers went off the job. Rev. Adalbert Kazincy, pastor of St. Michael's here, championed the strikers and provided the church as a meeting place. The strike failed after 15 weeks.

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1872 · Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Westmoreland, Fayette counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1904 · Mc Keesport, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1924 · Pennsylvania, Western Section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · Pennsylvania (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering the location of The Great Steel Strike of 1919, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Allegheny, Washington, Greene counties, 1872, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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The Great Steel Strike of 1919

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