Steel Industry News
Group looking for nonsteel landmark in Steel Valley
Friday, 19, March 2010
For more than 100 years, the Steel Valley region of Allegheny County was the epicenter of this country's steel and heavy industry enterprise.Now, more than a quarter century after the mills closed their doors for good, a local historical and preservation society is working feverishly to show that this part of the Mon Valley is more than steel.The Society for Pennsylvania and Surrounding Area History is asking current and former residents of the region for their help as part of the organization's call for a new Historic Landmark in the Steel Valley.
The only prerequisite is that the landmark should not be related to the steel industry that reigned in the municipalities of Homestead, West Homestead, Munhall and Whitaker."Between six and nine decades, the steel industry here in the area reigned supreme," Albert Ana, the society's president for initiatives said. "The towns of Homestead, Munhall, Whitaker and West Homestead have existed for about 200 years. We want to show the pre-steel years and the post-steel years are just as important historically to this region."
