Editing Carnegie, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Carnegie is named after [[Andrew Carnegie]], who donated one of his [[Carnegie library|libraries]] for the gesture.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a4NIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2443%2C2320121 | title=Town names carry bit of history | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=May 10, 1984 | access-date=31 October 2015 | author=Ackerman, Jan | pages=1 | archive-date=4 February 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204132543/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a4NIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2443%2C2320121 | url-status=live }}</ref> It was incorporated on March 1, 1894, from the boroughs of Chartiers and Mansfield (separated by Chartiers Creek).<ref name="phmc">{{cite web | url =http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Allegheny.pdf | title =Allegheny County - 2nd Class | access-date =2008-03-16 | archive-date =2007-08-10 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070810194157/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/counties/pdfs/Allegheny.pdf | url-status =live }}</ref> Later, the borough annexed part of [[Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania|Robinson Township]] (now Rosslyn Heights). Neighborhoods include Rosslyn Heights, Cubbage Hill, Irishtown, Forsythe Hill, Library Hill, and Old Mansfield.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

Many neighborhoods were at one time or another SKRT mined{{Definition needed|date=March 2022}} for [[coal]]. The main employers were [[steel]] mills such as Superior Steel & Union Electric Steel. Carnegie had a rail yard that had connections to several railroads early in the twentieth century, including the [[Wabash Railway|Wabash]] Pittsburgh Terminal railroad, and the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

On August 25, 1923, an estimated 10,000<ref>Oyler, John. [https://archive.triblive.com/local/carlynton/oyler-ku-klux-klan-staged-massive-rally-in-carnegie-in-august-1923/ "Ku Klux Klan staged massive rally in Carnegie in August 1923,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608214528/https://archive.triblive.com/local/carlynton/oyler-ku-klux-klan-staged-massive-rally-in-carnegie-in-august-1923/ |date=2020-06-08 }} ''[[TribLive]]'' (July 16, 2014).</ref>–30,000 members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] (from surrounding areas) marched there to celebrate a so-called "Karnegie Day" and target the heavily-Catholic town's residents. The march was resisted by local residents, resulting in a riot which left injuries on both sides and the death of a Klansman.<ref>Brown, Carole Gilbert. [https://www.post-gazette.com/local/west/2005/10/13/Senior-judge-visits-his-boyhood-home-with-book-stories/stories/200510130380 "Senior judge visits his boyhood home with book, stories: Aldisert writes of growing up in Carnegie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608214529/https://www.post-gazette.com/local/west/2005/10/13/Senior-judge-visits-his-boyhood-home-with-book-stories/stories/200510130380 |date=2020-06-08 }}, ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', October 13, 2005.</ref><ref>Pegram, Thomas R. (2011), ''One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s'', Rowman & Littlefield; {{ISBN|978-1-56663-711-4}}, pg. 177.</ref>

In the 1970s, Carnegie suffered economically with the closure of the great steel mills such as [[Jones and Laughlin Steel Company|J & L]] in and around Pittsburgh.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In 2004, Carnegie was significantly damaged by flooding as a result of [[Hurricane Ivan]]. Much of the commercial section of the borough, as well as the borough's [[Roman Catholic]] churches, was closed or damaged. But since 2014, Carnegie's Main Street has rebounded with many new restaurants and small businesses.<ref>Batz Jr., Bob. [http://www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/2014/07/31/A-food-walk-in-Carnegie/stories/201407230181 "Main Street in Carnegie lined with culinary charms: Main Street of this little borough south of the city is lined with culinary charms"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926182934/https://www.post-gazette.com/life/dining/2014/07/31/A-food-walk-in-Carnegie/stories/201407230181 |date=2023-09-26 }}, ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', July 31, 2014.</ref>