The Monongahela - River of Dreams, River of Sweat

The Monongahela is one of three rivers that meet in Pittsburgh, where Parker was Executive Vice President of the Waterways Association from 1971 to 1993. He recounts the river's history from a route for early expansion west to its current commercial and leisure use. Among the highlights are the beginning of shipbuilding in the 1790s, the growth of other industries and subsequent need for coal, Carnegie's first steel mill in 1872, the bloody Homestead strike in 1892, the rusting of the steel belt in the 1980s, and attempts to revive.

About the author

Arthur Parker, born in Pittsburgh and now living in retirement in Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania, was Executive Vice President of the Waterways Association of Pittsburgh from 1971 to 1993 and also served from 1959 to 1988 as Executive Director of the Mon Yough Chamber of Commerce, which then represented forty communities in the Mon Valley area.

Summary

The illustrated story of a river that has served America well, as a point of embarkation for settlers moving westward in the 18th century, through its years as a boatbuilding centre, up to its heavy use in support of the coal and steel industries in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Parker
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1999
• EAN: 9780271018751
• ISBN: 978-0-271-01875-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 993 g
• Illustrations: 5 Maps; 50 Halftones, color; 24 Halftones, black and white
• Series: Keystone Books; Keystone Book (R); Keystone Books
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General