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Flannery Brothers - Radium Factory

The Flannery Brothers were the first in the US to manufacture radium, and did so from the top floor of a building in Oakland, then called the Vanadium Building, which is now the Parkland Building. The Parkland Building was so radioactive after the manufacturing site closed that it had to undergo a multimillion dollar decontamination.

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  • How Two Pittsburgh Brothers Launched The First Nuclear Industry 

 

Bomb Threats

  • https://pittnews.com/article/14413/archives/a-timeline-of-pitts-bomb-threats/ ​

 

Litchfield Towers

  • http://www.tour.pitt.edu/tour/litchfield-towers
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  • Home
    • ABOUT THE TOUR
    • Interactive Map >
      • The O
      • Bouquet - Aliquippa - UPMC
      • Towers - Le Boeuf - Victory Gardens
      • Duse - Syria Mosque
      • Cathedral of Learning
      • Holiday Bar - Dippy
      • Caliban - Alcohol House
      • Secretos - Steel Work
      • Flagstaff - Zoom Dates
      • Panther Hollow Bridge - side trip
      • Phipps
      • Columbus Statue - Nate Smith
      • Holi Festival - Love Lock
      • Spanish War Memorial
      • Schenley Fountain - Johnstown Flood
      • Forbes Field - Sugar Bowl
      • Luna Park
      • Light Up Sculpture
    • Audio Tracks
    • Your Own Oakland Story
    • Stories from our Audiences
    • Cast and Crew
    • Pittsburgh Playlist