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Duquesne is a city along the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 5,565 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Duquesne city, Pennsylvania )〕 ==History== The borough of Duquesne was settled in 1789 and incorporated in 1891. The fort derives its name from Fort Duquesne. Duquesne Works, a productive steel mill that was part of Carnegie Steel Corporation and later part of U.S. Steel, was the heart and soul of Duquesne during its brightest moments in the early 20th century. Duquesne was home to the largest blast furnace in the world, named the "Dorothy Six".〔The furnace's official name was Dorothy, after Dorothy Worthington, wife of the then-current USS CEO. "#6" was what the furnace was called by everyone who worked in Duquesne, referring to it being the sixth blast furnace built in Duquesne.〕 Bob Dylan´s song ''Duquesne Whistle'' (''Tempest'', 2012) is dedicated to it. The city's population peaked in 1930, then declined with deindustrialization beginning in the 1960s. Today a stark post-industrial landscape, Duquesne has fewer total residents (5,565 at the 2010 U.S. census) than were the city's mill workers in 1948.〔(ExplorePaHistory.com, s.v. Duquesne Steel Works )〕 According to the ''McKeesport Daily News'', Duquesne has the worst performing schools in the state of Pennsylvania. Duquesne was designated a financially distressed municipality in 1991 by the state. Duquesne High School closed in 2007. Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, Duquesne students have reported to West Mifflin Area High School, or East Allegheny High School. Since July 2007, the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU) has managed all academic and business operations of the Duquesne's K-8 school district. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Duquesne, Pennsylvania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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