Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennyslvania USA
Posted by: sherpes
N 40° 24.300 W 079° 55.074
17T E 591820 N 4473271
former steel industry site
Waymark Code: WM4EDE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 08/12/2008
Views: 82
Probably the most famous lonely chimneys in the Pittsburgh area, it symbolizes the steel industry and battles between labor and industry in the late 1800's. Now part of a large shopping and commercial center, it is illuminated by powerful light beams at night, a sentinel to a storied past.
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