8 thoughts on “ Rivers Of Steel ”

1. Rivers of Steel is now accepting applications for its Mini-Grant program, which assists heritage-related sites and organizations, as well as municipalities, within the borders of the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area. The Mini-Grants may be used to develop new and innovative programs, partnerships, exhibits, tours, and other initiatives.

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2. Jul 06,  · Situated in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area reveals how one region, in a sustained and thunderous blast of innovation, ambition and fire, forever changed America and its place in the world. It is the story of the industrialists and the workers who pushed an infant industry to it ultimate limits and in doing.

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3. Rivers of Steel The Bost Building E. Eighth Avenue Homestead, PA Tel: Fax: [email protected] Get the latest. Sign up to hear all about upcoming events and recent news from Rivers of Steel. Email * Constant Contact Use. By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from.

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4. Pittsburgh's Steel Valley along the Monongahela River made the steel which built America and fueled the Arsenal of Democracy for two World Wars. It was also the site of the Battle of Homestead 9 July , the most consequential armed confrontation between workers and company-employed strikebreakers in American History/5(63).

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5. Sightseeing tours, student programs, private excursions are offered on Explorer by the nonprofit Rivers of Steel. “PGH An Intro to Innovation” is a minute sightseeing tour on Pittsburgh’s three rivers that tells how the region’s industrial past evolved into the high tech city of today through reinvention/5(8).

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6. Rivers of Steel offers a variety of ways for groups to experience our attractions – and locations throughout the eight-county National Heritage Area. See our group tours page for more information on how to incorporate your specific interests and customize your group’s visit.

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7. A remnant of the once massive, legendary U.S. Steel Homestead Steel Works, the Carrie Blast Furnaces are a vestige of Pittsburgh’s 20th-century domination of the steel industry. Towering 92 feet over the Monongahela River, constructed of ″ thick steel plate and lined with refractory brick, Carrie Furnaces #6 and #7 are extremely rare /5(30).

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8. Aug 18,  · Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area Visitor Spending Generates Economic Impact of $92 Million Annually. Homestead, PA (August 18, )—Rivers of Steel released an economic impact study today that estimates the generation of more than $92 million of economic benefit and jobs each year as a result of spending by visitors to Rivers of Steel and its partners, including the expenditures Author: Carly Mccoy.

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