U.S. Steel sale prompts political backlash. But Pittsburgh’s steel industry has changed

U.S. Steel is no longer a major steelmaker in an industry dominated by the Chinese.

Generations of Pittsburghers have worked at steel mills, rooted for the Steelers or ridden the rollercoaster at Kennywood amusement park, giving them a bird’s eye view of the massive Edgar Thomson Works, the region’s last blast furnace.