On a hot July day in 1892, thousands of mill workers and their families gathered at the Pump House and battled the several hundred Pinkerton guards sent to break the Homestead strike and lockout. Much blood was shed before the guards surrendered. The Pump House, as seen today, has been rebuilt and is used as an interpretive center. It stands proudly as a monument to laborers of all kinds.
Nearby lay two bells, components of a blast furnace retrieved from the Eliza Furnace at the former J & L Pittsburgh plant. And, across the Monongahela River, you will see the Carrie Furnaces looming eerily over a now quiet and seemingly forgotten landscape that once bustled with hard working men and women. Furnaces 6 and 7 are the only non-operative blast furnaces still standing in the Pittsburgh area.
Stage 2 (N40 24.7*9 / W79 54.0$2)
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* = the number that appears most often in the number of gallons of water moved per minute.
$ = Subtract 19 from the sum of the digits in the number of gallons of water moved per minute.
Learn more about the dynamic history of this area at Rivers of Steel or Tour