Dust, Vapors, and More Dust Some Suggestive Data and Case Studies on the Subtlety of Occupational Lung Disease in Early 20th Century Lancaster by Thomas R. Winpenny, Ph.D. The industrial revolution that so dramatically altered the landscape of 19th century America provided this nation with many

is instructive to remember that legal liability for the exploding boiler in the Fulton Mill in 1867 does not extend to the boilermaker John Best nor to Best's supplier of iron, C. E. Pennock and Company of Coatsville. 30 Lancaster Daily Evening Express, July 25, 1867. 31 Lancaster Intelligencer, July

The Nineteenth Century Lancaster Artisan as Businessman; The View from R. G. Dun and Company By Thomas R" Winpenny, Ph.D" To mention the 19th century artisan is to call forth a variety of images. From the vantage point of the connoisseur and avid reader of Antiques magazine there is a reverence for

Who Needs Engineers to Improve an Urban Water System? Lancaster's Bursting Reservoir Provided Plenty of Water By Thomas R. Winpenny, Ph.D. The 15,000,000 gallon reservoir that burst October 14, 1894, on the west side of town in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, raises a few important issues for modern