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Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium

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James J. and Joseph M. Flannery were colorful and wildly successful Pittsburgh businessmen. James J. (1855–1920) opened a series of funeral parlors in 1874. Joe (1867–1920) joined him after graduation from the Catholic College of the Holy Ghost. The Flannerys were lifelong supporters of the new Catholic University, founded in 1878. In 1911, it was renamed for the Marquis du Quesne (1700–1778), a former governor of New France (1534–1763) when Pittsburgh was Fort Duquesne. In 1904, the Flannerys obtained the patents on a stay bolt specifically designed for railroad locomotive fireboxes: the Tate flexible bolt. They formed the Flannery Bolt Company in Bridgeville, PA, USA 13 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, for its manufacture and sale to the railroads. The younger brother John S. Flannery complained that his brothers became prominent citizens of Pittsburgh while he was stuck with the bodies (mortuary).

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Robison, R. (2015). US Radium and Uranium Sales. In: Mining and Selling Radium and Uranium. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11830-7_6

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