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Originally Posted by BUC
I haven't thought about Weirton, wva in many years. I grew up outside of Steubenville, Ohio well a small town called Dillonvale. I know alot of the guys from High school went to work at Weirton Steel I wonder how that worked out for them?
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My sister taught at Dillonvale High School in about 1959/60 or so. My dad grew up in Connerville before moving to Weirton in the 1920s.
Weirton Steel, once a giant in the industry, remained so until about 1990. It began to size down until today when it employs fewer than a thousand people.