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From the Mills to the Towers
by Elizabeth (Betty) Phelan
  • August 24, 2023
  • 9 mins story
1. What is something special about work and life here, now or in the past?
Betty and her husband Danny in the 1950s.
Inside Fort Pitt Brewery, where workers are packing boxes with beer bottles for shipping--through drivers like Betty's father. Photo circa 1949. Courtesy of Historic Pittsburgh.
Phelan after competing in a 5k in early 2010s. She has kept a very active lifestyle in her golden years.
Bird's eye view of Spang Chalfant & Co., Inc from the 1940s. A sprawling iron works established in the 19th century that Betty kept time at during World War II. Courtesy Historical Etna.
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