Donora, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia
Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. The population was 4,558 as of the 2020 census. [3] Donora was incorporated in 1901. It takes its name from a portmanteau of William Donner and Nora Mellon, wife of banker Andrew W. Mellon.
1948 Donora smog - Wikipedia
The 1948 Donora smog killed 20 people and caused respiratory problems for 6,000 of the 14,000 people living in Donora, Pennsylvania, [2] a mill town on the Monongahela River 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.
The Deadly Donora Smog of 1948 Spurred ... - Smithsonian Magazine
2018年10月26日 · The yellow fog arrived five days before Halloween in 1948, swaddling the Pennsylvania city of Donora and the nearby village of Webster in a nearly impenetrable haze.
Decades ago, the Donora smog disaster exposed the perils of …
2020年10月27日 · In Donora, an industrial center where massive zinc and steel wire mills had for decades poured contaminants into the air, an unusually stubborn inversion settled in on the morning of October 27...
多诺拉事件 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书
多诺拉事件也称多诺拉烟雾事件是1948年10月发生在在美国 宾夕法尼亚州 多诺拉 （ 英语 ： Donora, Pennsylvania ） 的一起严重的大气污染事件。 是一起以 二氧化硫 及其氧化产物等多种污染物综合形成的污染事件。
Cement City – Donora, Pennsylvania - Atlas Obscura
2024年5月3日 · Discover Cement City in Donora, Pennsylvania: A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.
A Darkness in Donora | Smithsonian
A Darkness in Donora. When smog killed 20 people in a Pennsylvania mill town in 1948, the clean air movement got its start. Edwin Kiester, Jr. November 1999. Wikimedia Commons. "It was so bad,"...
A Cloud With a Silver Lining: The Killer Smog in Donora, 1948
A murderous villain terrorized the town of Donora during the last week of October 1948. The silent killer took the lives of 20 people and left thousands of others in its wake. The killer came in without warning and vanished in a puff of smoke. On the western bank of the Monongahela River lies the small town of Donora.
Donora Death Fog: The Crisis that Led to Modern Air Pollution Laws
2011年10月27日 · In the early morning hours of October 26, 1948, a fog settled over the town of Donora, Pennsylvania, the home of U.S. Steel Corporation's Donora Zinc Works and American Steel and Wire. As the day wore on, the fog became progressively thicker and witnesses even claimed that it was so thick and potent they could taste it.
The Donora Smog Tragedy: The Deadly Air Pollution Incident in ...
2023年6月22日 · Dozens of area residents died from complications related to the incident in the suburban Pittsburgh town, while thousands of locals developed respiratory issues. Decades later, the New York Times would refer to the Donora Smog as “one of the worst air pollution disasters in the nation’s history.”.
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