Trains hauled raw materials along the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad to mills that helped forge america. The railway, still in use with trains carrying the same materials, along the banks of the Monongahela River is littered with visuals of the bowels of industry that built the city and the country. Steel was the primary result, now intertwined between panels of glass and concrete creating a backdrop to Station Square while the machinery that created it stands across the river. Crossing the river is the same as a "bridge in time", cause and effect staring at each other across a river flowing with history.
The Bessemer converter of the former Clinton Furnace stands as a testament of the regions history and ingenuity. The furnace was Pittsburgh's first successful blast furnace, beginning operations in 1859 and spurring an industry that helped build the country. Today it stands at the center of one of Pittsburgh's civic centers, alongside a converted train station, river boat fleet and an array of commercial space. History flows along the southern shore of the Monongahela River, past and present forged together with an eye towards the future.
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