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East McKeesport is located at (40.384223, -79.807924 [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2 ), all land.
A map of Allegheny County showing McKeesport, Pennsylvania highlighted on the map. Date: 10 October 2006: Source: Source image taken from the United States Census Bureau's website pa_cosub.pdf. Image was modified by Ram-Man. Author (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (from U.S. Census Bureau source) Permission (Reusing this file)
McKeesport, then part of Versailles Township, began to grow in 1830 when mining of the large deposits of bituminous coal in the region began. The first schoolhouse was built in 1832, with James E. Huey as its schoolmaster. [citation needed] McKeesport was incorporated as a borough in 1842, and the city's first steel mill was established in 1851.
McKeesport Ambulance Rescue Service; McKeesport Area High School; McKeesport Fire Department; McKeesport Police Department; McKeesport Transportation Center; McKeesport Tubers (baseball) McKeesport–Duquesne Bridge
Image Date dedicated Location Marker type Topics; 1909 McKee's Rocks Strike: October 14, 2000: 812 Island Avenue at McKees Rocks Bridge, Stowe Township: Roadside Labor 1st Drive-In Filling Station: July 11, 2000
Demand was at an all-time low. The final nail in the coffin was a large strike in 1986. Even after the strike ended, the company announced that the McKeesport plant, along several other plants, would be closed for good. [3] National Tube's McKeesport plant was shuttered on August 29, 1987. [3]
Sportspeople from McKeesport, Pennsylvania (33 P) Pages in category "People from McKeesport, Pennsylvania" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.
The P&LE McKeesport Bridge is an American truss bridge which spans the Youghiogheny River and connects the east and west banks of the Pittsburgh industrial suburb of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. History and architectural features