Remnants of Steel (Carrie Furnace)-Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes

The Carrie Furnace is a decomissioned blast furncace along the Monongahela River adjacent to the Waterfront. In operation from the 1880's into the 1980's, the furnaces produced upwards of 1000 tons of steel in their prime.Now all that remains is furnace #6 and #7. Now in the works is the potential for the site to become mulit-purpose land for commercial, residental and even national park land, exemplifying pittsburgh's resiliance and turn-around since its smokey steel mill days. A beacon to what once made this city and country great and a reminder of its roots well into the future.

These pictures came from a "self guided" tour I took without knowing I was not allowed on the site, but tours are available through rivers of steel at: http://www.riversofsteel.com/things-to-do/tours/


"ANYTHING IN LIFE WORTH HAVING, IS WORTH WORKING FOR"
-Andrew Carnegie

The Carrie Deer (above) read about its creation here: http://www.thecarriedeer.com/the-story/

                

View of Carrie Furnace from Summerset

Graffiti at Carrie Furnace