Materials Handling

Materials Handling (HM1RTB)

Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Allegheny County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 25.705', W 79° 57.797'

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Slag Pots

— Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area —

Often shipped by rail from ovens and furnaces in slag pots, like the one displayed here, slag is the waste by-product of the iron and steel making process. It can be used in making roadbeds, landfill, concrete, fertilizer and aquarium gravel.

In 1922, the Duquesne Slag Products Company, a subsidiary of Jones & Laughlin, purchased 94 acres in the Nine Mile Run Area, now the site of the Summerset at Frick Park housing development, to dump its excess slag.

The slag heap grew to heights of 150 feet and up. By the 1970s approximately 17 million cubic yards of slag nearly filled the valley from end to end.
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HM NumberHM1RTB
Placed ByFriends of the Riverfront, DCNR, National Park Service
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, April 21st, 2016 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 587939 N 4475825
Decimal Degrees40.42841667, -79.96328333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 25.705', W 79° 57.797'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 25' 42.3" N, 79° 57' 47.82" W
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Area Code(s)412, 724
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 5527 Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Pittsburgh PA 15213, US
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