Mon Valley

E569226
historical region region

Mon Valley is a historically industrial region in southwestern Pennsylvania centered along the Monongahela River, known for its steel-making heritage and working-class communities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mon Valley canonical 3
Mon Valley communities 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region ⓘ
associatedWith Monongahela River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Braddock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brownsville, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charleroi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clairton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clairton, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Donora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duquesne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duquesne, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glassport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Homestead NERFINISHED ⓘ
McKeesport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monessen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monongahela, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rankin, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Mifflin NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographicCharacter predominantly working-class ⓘ
economicTransition from heavy industry to service and diversified economy ⓘ
experienced industrial decline in late 20th century ⓘ
hasHeritage immigrant communities ⓘ
labor history ⓘ
unionized workforce ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase coal mining ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
historicallyDominantIndustry coal mining ⓘ
coke works ⓘ
steel mills ⓘ
knownFor heavy industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
steel-making heritage ⓘ
working-class communities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedAlong Monongahela River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
Southwestern Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Pittsburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent Donora Smog of 1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partlyIn Allegheny County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Greater Pittsburgh region NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType river valley ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North Braddock, Pennsylvania → locatedInRegion → Mon Valley ⓘ
Monongahela, Pennsylvania → isPartOfRegion → Mon Valley ⓘ
Charleroi, Pennsylvania → locatedInRegion → Mon Valley ⓘ
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania → partOf → Mon Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mon Valley communities