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Feb. 2007 image by author
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Shippingport, Beaver County, PA.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Social club for Carpatho-Rusyns across the street from the old Westinghouse plant in Sharon, PA.
Aug. 2008 image by author
St. John's Ukraininan Orthodox Church, with the former Westinghouse plant in the background, Sharon, PA.
Image courtesy of Winchester Blasting
Bringing down part of the old Sharon Steel
in Farrell, Pa. in the heart
the old Cleveland-Pittsburgh steel belt.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Farrell, PA with the Duferco steel mill at the bottom of the hill. The building was orignally part of Sharon Steel. United Steel Workers Local 1016 represents the workers.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Coils behind Duferco Steel in Farrell, PA.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Housing stock in Farrell with the steel mill in the background.
Aug. 2008 image by author
The Slovak club in Farrell, again with the steel mill in the background. The "Italian Home" is next door.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Behind the former Sharon Steel (now Duferco) can be found this yellow crane. It sits in front of a large overhead
crane, which is a universal fixture in the Industrial Heartland.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Independent Draft Gear (a subsidiary of A. Stucki Company) serves the railroad industry. This is their plant in Farrell, PA.
Aug. 2008 image by author
EAF steel mill in Koppel, PA.
Aug. 2008 image by author
Our Lady of the Tube Mill in Koppel.
Sep. 2009 image by author
This steel mill in Washington, PA was once Jessop Steel, but was purchased by Allegheny Ludlum in the 1990s. Allegheny now
operates it as their Washington Specialty Plate mill, producing plate as thick as 10 inches!
Sep. 2009 image by author
Detail of Allegheny Ludlum's Washington plate mill.
Sep. 2009 image by author
Workers' housing around the former Jessop Steel.
Sep. 2009 image by author
Industrial detail of Washington, PA, known locally as "Little Worshington."
Oct. 2009 image by author
A portion of Carnegie, PA.
Oct. 2009 image by author
Schoolbus passing Union Electric Steel in Carnegie, PA.
Oct. 2009 image by author
In Carnegie, from left to right - Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church, Saints
Peter and Paul Ukranian Church Hall and School, Saint Paul AME Zion Church, and Holy Virgin Russian Orthodox Church.
Nov. 2009 image by author
Worker in the scrap pile next to Ellwood Quality Steels in New Castle.
Nov. 2009 image by author
Ellwood Quality Steels in New Castle, PA produces cylindrical and tapered ingots.
Nov. 2009 image by author
A 50 year old car sits next to the railroad and Ellwood Quality Steels.
Nov. 2009 image by author
These classic industrial buildings in New Castle were once part of Pennsylvania Engineering Works, but are
now used by Ferrotech "Industrial Recycling Specialists." Pennsylvania Engineering built steel mills and blast furnaces, and also repaired boilers and
other industrial machinery.
Nov. 2009 image by author
Detail of former Pennsylvania Engineering shop building.
Nov. 2009 image by author
Inside the Fountain Restaurant in downtown New Castle, PA. The food is delicious.
Nov. 2009 image by author