RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION

Mission

RIVERS OF STEEL HERITAGE CORPORATION CONSERVES, INTERPRETS, DEVELOPS, AND PROMOTES HISTORICAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL RESOURCES THROUGHOUT WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, INCLUDING THE EIGHT COUNTIES THAT COMPRISE THE RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. THE DYNAMIC AND POWERFUL STORY OF THE REGION'S EVOLUTION FROM COLONIAL SETTLEMENT TO "BIG STEEL" TO THE MODERN ERA IS EVIDENT IN ITS MANY ARTIFACTS, BUILDINGS, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES AND INDUSTRIAL SITES. AMONG OTHER DESTINATIONS, SUCH CORE LANDMARKS AS THE CARRIE BLAST FURNACES NOS. 6 AND 7, PINKERTON'S LANDING, THE PUMP HOUSE AND WATER TOWER AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER UNITED STATES STEEL HOMESTEAD WORKS, AND THE W. A. YOUNG FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP AT RICES LANDING ON THE MONONGAHELA RIVER, ILLUSTRATE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS STORY.

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