Mount Union borough
The women of Harbison-Walker, 1945
1945: with the men overseas, the women of Mount Union kept the brick moving. Silica brick from this plant lined the furnaces of the steel mills that armed America in World War II.
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Checked 2026-07-10 · Historic Mount Union collection
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