by
Bernadette Sulzer Agreen, McKees Rocks Historical Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
McKees Rocks and Stowe Township, just downriver from the Point of Pittsburgh, contributed significantly to the growth of steel and transportation in western Pennsylvania. In 1888, the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, known as the �Little Giant,� built a 100-acre maintenance facility in McKees Rocks,...