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Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Monongahela River between Thirty-fourth & Twenty-ninth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Y Trestle, South side of Monongahela River between Thirty-fourth & Twenty-ninth Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

description

Summary

Significance: Permitted access between the Monongahela Connecting Railroad and former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. P&LE was a major hauler of raw materials into and semi-finished steel products from former Jones & Laughlin Steel plant (now LTV Steel).
Survey number: HAER PA-277-A
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980

person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation

LTV Steel Corporation

Fort Pitt Bridge Works

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, sponsor

Samek, William, photographer

McCombs, Richard L, historian

place

Location

Pittsburgh (Pa.), 40.44424, -79.99860

Google Map of 40.4442406, -79.9986026

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Source

Library of Congress

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Link

http://www.loc.gov/

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