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McKees Rocks was the site of one of the pivotal labor conflicts of the early 20th century, the 1909 McKees Rocks Strike. In the summer and early fall of 1909, some 5,000 workers of the Pressed Steel Car Company 's plant at McKees Rocks went on strike, joined by 3,000 others who worked for the Standard Steel Car Company of Butler and others in ...
This category includes people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the town of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. Pages in category "People from McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The 1909 McKees Rocks Strike, also known as the Pressed Steel Car Strike of 1909 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title McKees Rocks .
The Pressed Steel Car strike of 1909, also known as the 1909 McKees Rocks strike, was an American labor strike which lasted from July 13 through September 8. The walkout drew national attention when it climaxed on Sunday August 22 in a bloody battle between strikers, private security agents, and the Pennsylvania State Police .
The McKees Rocks Industrial Railroad (reporting mark MRIE), formerly the Pittsburgh, Allegheny and McKees Rocks Railroad (PAM), was a switching railroad that served industrial complexes in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.
On the westernmost end of the McKees Rocks yard, the P&LE interchanged with the PC&Y. However, the PC&Y facilities were just behind the P&LE Locomotive facilities in the main yard, and trackage from the PC&Y crossed the P&LE Mainline at this point, servicing several local businesses in the Bottoms section of McKees Rocks, finally making the ...
McKees Rocks – Island Avenue by Dec 1, 1910 [17] Jun 21, 1959 [2] 26 McKees Rocks – West Park by 1915 [1] Jun 21, 1959 [2] 27 Carnegie and Heidelberg by Dec 1, 1910 [17] Jun 21, 1959 [2] 28 Crafton Junction by 1916 [4] Jun 21, 1959 [2] 29 Crafton and Thornburg by 1915 [1] 15 November 1952 [18] 30 Crafton and Ingram by 1915 [1] Jun 21, 1959 ...
Stowe Township has two land borders, with Kennedy Township to the west and McKees Rocks to the south. Across the Ohio River, Stowe Township runs adjacent with (from northeast to southwest) Neville Island (with direct link via Fleming Park Bridge), Avalon, Bellevue, and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods of Marshall-Shadeland and Brighton Heights (which is not directly adjacent to Stowe but has a ...