Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238

Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238 is a building in Borough of Rankin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238 is situated nearby to Rankin Bridge, as well as near Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge and Rankin Bridge.

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. Carrie Furnace Hot Metal Bridge is situated 2,400 feet southwest of Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238.

Rankin Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Whitaker, Public domain.

The George Rankin Jr. Memorial Bridge is a cantilever bridge that carries the Green Belt across the Monongahela River between Whitaker and Rankin in Pennsylvania in the USA. Rankin Bridge is situated 2,400 feet south of Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238.

Carrie Furnace

Ruins

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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 is situated 2,700 feet west of Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rankin and Swissvale.

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.

Swissvale

Village

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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.

Braddock Hills

Village

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Braddock Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,730 at the 2020 census. Braddock Hills is located approximately 8 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh and is a residential suburb of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

Rankin Volunteer Fire Department Station 238

Type: Building
Location: Borough of Rankin, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.41281° or 40° 24′ 46″ north

Longitude

-79.88039° or 79° 52′ 49″ west

Elevation

876 feet (267 metres)

Open location code

87G2C479+4R

GeoNames ID

9670491

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