Homestead Run

Homestead Run is a stream in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania. Homestead Run is situated nearby to the village Rankin, as well as near Whitaker.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carrie Furnace and Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge.

Carrie Furnace

Ruins

Photo: PixOnTrax, Public domain.

Carrie Furnace is a retired blast furnace located along the Monongahela River in the Pittsburgh area industrial town of Swissvale, Pennsylvania. It was one of the structures comprising the Homestead Steel Works.

Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Rankinbr, Public domain.

The Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge is a railroad truss bridge across the Monongahela River between Whitaker, Pennsylvania, and Rankin, Pennsylvania. The bridge has been out of service since about 1982, when the Carrie Furnace closed.

Carnegie Library of Homestead

Library

Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Carnegie Library of Homestead is a public library in Munhall, Pennsylvania founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1898. It is one of 2,509 Carnegie libraries worldwide, 1,689 of which were built in the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rankin and Whitaker.

Rankin

Village

Photo: Whitaker, Public domain.

Rankin is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 8 miles south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela River. The borough was named after Thomas Rankin, a local landowner.

Whitaker

Village

Photo: Whitaker, Public domain.

Whitaker is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is on the Monongahela River 3 miles upriver from Pittsburgh. The population was 1,179 at the 2020 census.

Swissvale

Village

Photo: Mchisto, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Swissvale is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 9 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh. Named for a farmstead owned by James Swisshelm, during the industrial age it was the site of the Union Switch and Signal Company of George Westinghouse.

Homestead Run

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.41062° or 40° 24′ 38″ north

Longitude

-79.89227° or 79° 53′ 32″ west

Elevation

712 feet (217 metres)

Open location code

87G2C465+63

GeoNames ID

5194073

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Highlights include Rankin Bridge and The Waterfront Shopping Center.

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