Donora, PA Real Estate

Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela river. Donora was incorporated in 1901. Donora got its name from a combination of William Donner and Nora Mellon; banker Andrew Mellon's wife. Agriculture, coal-mining, steel-making, wire-making, and other industries were conducted in Donora early in its history. In 1910, 8,174 people lived there; in 1920, 14,131; and in 1940, 13,180 people lived in Donora. The population was 5,653 at the 2000 census. Donora is a Rust Belt place which has lost most of its industrial capacity. It is in the "Mon valley" five miles (8 km) downriver from Charleroi and 25 miles (40 km) upstream of Braddock which is also in the "Mon valley."

In 1794, one mile (1.6 km) east of Donora, the Whiskey Insurrectionists held several meetings at Fells Church.

Between October 26 and October 31, 1948 an air inversion trapped industrial effluent ( air pollution ) from the American Steel and Wire plant and Donora Zinc Works. Some sources have speculated that fluoride emissions contributed to the severity of the incident. "In three days, 18 people died... After the inversion lifted, another 50 died. Hundreds more finished the rest of their lives with damaged lungs and hearts. But another 40 years would pass before the whole truth about Donora's bad air made public-health history." [1]

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