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McKeesport Past posted

National Tube McKeesport Shared by James Swift

Derrick Parfitt: Looking east (roughly)

James Torgeson shared

USS National Tube Works - McKeesport

Ray Schloss commented on James' share

Isn’t it Dura-Bond Pipe now?

Jason Sessoms: Ray Schloss yes running the old ERW lines.

Ian Hapsias: Rick Rowlands you’re looking at the Yough River in this photo. Photographer took this from Dravosburg along the edge of the hillside. McKeesport’s People’s Building is dead center frame. The Monongahela would be bottom of the frame if it were included.

Kevin Tomasic posted seven photos with the comment: "A few more oldies for everyone. USS National Tube in McKeesport, PA. Keith Clouse and I spent a lot of time here in the early 80's shooting the blast furnaces and the Alco switchers that called the mill home. The mill was served by Chessie (B&O), Conrail (PRR), P&LE and had it's own railroad, the McKeesport Connecting."Ian Hapsias: Almost everything in this picture today is gone. Steel making stopped in 1981, pipe production stopped in 1986, last 21 employees left the plant for the final time in 1987.Ian Hapsias: Durabond is there running the ERW lines.Louis Toman: Last McKeesport Connecting crew retired 2013, then was merged into Union Railroad.Sam Carroll: It was at one time, the largest pipe mill in the world.

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Comments on Kevin's post

I went further south from the plant to catch the B&O label in the lower-left corner.

1953 Mc Keesport Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

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