This virtual exhibit shows the intense concentration of both large and small mills that once dominated the landscape of southwestern PA. Search the map to find the locations of mills, coke ovens, and foundries as they stood in different points in history. Click on a mill icon to learn more about that site.

Steel Footprints

A Virtual Tour of the Pittsburgh Industrial District, 1750 – Present

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Location Area Address
Standard Chain Co Braddock --
Standard Steel Spring Coraopolis --
Star Iron Works PittsburghNorth Side --
Star Tin Plate Co./Star Works, American Sheet & Tin Plate Co/Carnegie Steel Co./US Steel PittsburghStrip District --
Stella Stove Works PittsburghStrip District --
Sterling Steel Foundry Co. Braddock --
Sterrott-Thomas Foundry Co. PittsburghStrip District --
Structural & Sheet Iron Works Oakmont --
Superior Furnaces PittsburghNorth Side --
Superior Steel Co. Carnegie --
Tippins Inc. Etna --
Totten & Hogg Iron & Steel Foundry PittsburghStrip District --
Townsend Steel/Col-Fin Specialty Steel Fallston --
Tube City Iron & Metal Co. Glassport --
Union Electric Steel Corp. Carnegie 726 Bell Avenue Carnegie, PA 15106-1137
Union Furnace --
Union Malleable Iron Works PittsburghNorth Side --
Union Mills, Carnegie Steel Co. PittsburghLawrenceville --
Union Steel Casting Co., Blaw-Knox PittsburghLawrenceville --
Union Switch & Signal Co. Foundries Swissvale --
United Engineering & Foundry Co. --
United Engineering & Foundry Co. PittsburghLawrenceville --
United States Iron & Tin Plate Works McKeesport --
Universal Cyclops Bridgeville --
Universal Stainless Bridgeville 600 Mayer Street Bridgeville, PA 15017
Vagle Foundry & Machine Co./Lawrence Steel Casting Co. PittsburghStrip District --
Vandergrift Works, Apollo Iron & Steel/US Steel/Allegheny Ludlum Vandergrift 130 Lincoln Avenue Vandergrift, PA 15690-1249
Verona Tool Works Verona --
Vesuvius Rolling Mill/Vesuvius Iron Works/Vesuvius Iron & Nail Works Etna --
Vulcan Iron Works/Lockhart Iron & Steel McKees Rocks --