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The steel works were first constructed in 1881. Andrew Carnegie, (a Scottish emigrant), bought the 2 year old Homestead Steel Works in 1883, and integrated it into his Carnegie Steel Company. [1]
Mesta Machinery was a leading industrial machinery manufacturer based in the Pittsburgh area town of West Homestead, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1898 by George Mesta when he merged his machine shop with another. [2] Mesta "machines" can be found in factories throughout the world and as of 1984 had equipment in 500 steel mills. [3]
1877: The Port Perry Branch connecting the main line to Pennsylvania Railroad's Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway near Pittsburgh 1890: The Ohio Connecting Railway is built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, providing a low-grade bypass around Pittsburgh via the Panhandle Route, PV&C, and Port Perry Branch (and via the Brilliant Cutoff and ...
Pennsylvania Railroad 7002 is a E7s class 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type steam locomotive built for the Pennsylvania Railroad by their own Altoona Works in August 1902. Today, it is on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania outside of Strasburg, Pennsylvania.
On July 10, 2002, the historic complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "H.J. Heinz Company". [3] In 2005, the complex was documented as part of the Historic American Engineering Record. [12] In 2005, the Cereal, Bean, Meat, Reservoir and Shipping Buildings opened as Heinz Lofts.
Union Station, also known as Pennsylvania Station and commonly called Penn Station, is a historic train station in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It was one of several passenger rail stations that served Pittsburgh during the 20th century; others included the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, the Baltimore and Ohio Station, and Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal, and it is the only surviving ...
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Display, awaiting possible cosmetic restoration Damaged by building collapse in 1983. [12] 2: 0-4-0T H.K. Porter, Inc. 1937 Undergoing cosmetic restoration Smallest locomotive in the collection. [13] 3: 0-6-0T American Locomotive Company: 1927 Display [14] 7: 2-4-2T Vulcan Iron Works: 1911 Display [23] 8 0-6-0: Baldwin Locomotive Works 1923 Display