Preserving History
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 so pushed the world into the Age of Steel.
Features
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Roots to Routes
Explore the five routes named for the region’s famous rivers – the Ohio, Beaver, Monongahela, Youghiogheny, Allegheny, and the Kiskiminetas.
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Rivers of Steels Tours
Join the Babushkas and Hard Hats Tour to experience a magical mix of immigrants, industry and the sweet taste of the region’s famous “cookie table”.
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Podcasts
Listen to local artists and residents share stories that tell about the region’s cultural and ethnic traditions
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Did You Know?
In 2002, the Homestead High-Level Bridge- within the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area- was renamed the Homestead Grays Bridge in honor of the Negro League baseball team. The team began as a group of steelworkers in 1912. The Negro Leagues were formed in the 1920s and continued into the 1950s.