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View of the SouthSide Works from the South Side slopes. The site first was used for industry starting in 1893 and was a long time steel mill. [2] Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) purchased Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in 1974 and merged with Republic Steel in 1985, which formed LTV Steel Co. LTV became the second largest steel producer in the nation.
The average South Side family income in 2003 was $41,353. [5] East Carson St. has restaurants, bars, and shops that help support the economy of the South Side. The large variety of shopping along E. Carson Street and SouthSide Works is also a factor in the South Side's economy. There are a variety of locally owned stores and other retailers.
The South Side was once composed of a number of smaller communities. These included Birmingham and East Birmingham, both named for the English Midlands industrial center, Birmingham; Ormsby, originally a part of East Birmingham, incorporated as a borough in 1866; South Pittsburgh, the area immediately adjacent to the Smithfield Street Bridge, and Monongahela, named for the adjacent Monongahela ...
2 Pittsburgh bar owners slammed by LGBTQ community for joining anti-lockdown protest. Muri Assunção. April 22, 2020 at 12:58 PM. Owners of two local nightclubs in Pittsburgh have been harshly ...
General James O'Hara and Major Isaac Craig, the pioneers of the glass industry in Pittsburgh, opened the first glass factory in the county in South Side, near the present-day Duquesne Incline parking area. By the early-to-mid 19th century, South Side was known as the center of glass industry in the United States of America. In 1876, there were ...
Stack array of the Jones and Laughlin Pittsburgh Works on the south side of the Monongahela River, 1955.. The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, also known as J&L Steel or simply as J&L, was an American steel and iron manufacturer that operated from 1852 until 1968.
J&L Tunnel is a tunnel on CSX Transportation's Pittsburgh Subdivision, at the former location of Jones and Laughlin Steel Company (now the SouthSide Works).. The tunnel was used to allow trains on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad to bypass the Jones and Laughlin steel mill, by passing under it.
New American Music Union was a two-day summer music festival scheduled on August 8 and 9, 2008, at the SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] Lineups on two different stages were curated by Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. [3] It featured established music acts along with college bands vying for a recording contract.