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During this time the mills sold corn meal to the West Indies and to Southern States. Dorrance lived across the street while the mansion was being built on a lot he bought in 1828. After his death in 1869, Dorrance's sons sold the mills, which included a mill race and pond, a saw mill, a grist mill , a lumber yard, canal stables, coal sheds, a ...
The Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company (or MOSBC) was the second company to engage in steamboat commerce on the rivers west of the Allegheny Mountains. [1] The company was founded in 1813 under the leadership of Elisha Hunt and headquartered in his store which was located close to the boat landing in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. [2]
The first of these, named the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills, is the 905,667-square-foot (84,139.2 m 2) indoor component of the complex which is divided into five themed neighborhoods corresponding to various Pittsburgh landmarks and cultural icons.
Streckfus Steamers was a company started in 1910 by John Streckfus Sr. (1856–1925) born in Edgington, Illinois.He started a steam packet business in the 1880s, but transitioned his fleet to the river excursion business around the turn of the century.
The fleet is named after the city of Pittsburgh, which in earlier times was known as the "Gateway to the West". [1] The original riverboat was Gateway Clipper , which set sail in 1958. By the mid-1960s, the fleet was composed of three craft, Gateway Clipper , Party Liner , and Good Ship Lollipop .
Pamela's Diner is a prominent chain of diners in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Its specialties are crêpe-style pancakes, omelets and Lyonnaise potatoes. [2] It is "treasured" and is considered to be in the "pantheon of pancake purveyors". [1] In 2013, Pamela's Diner was featured by the Wall Street Journal in a "What to Do in Pittsburgh ...
(Reuters) -U.S. Steel would close mills and likely move its headquarters out of Pittsburgh if the $14.9 billion buyout by Nippon Steel collapses, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday ...
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.