History of Pittsburgh - Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century

By 1911, Pittsburgh had grown into an industrial and commercial powerhouse:

  • Nexus of a vast railway system, with freight yards capable of handling 60K cars
  • 27.2 miles (43.8 km) of harbor
  • Yearly river traffic in excess of 9M tons
  • Value of factory products more than $211M (with Allegheny City)
  • Allegheny county produced, as percentage of national output, about:
    • 24% of the pig iron
    • 34% of the Bessemer steel
    • 44% of the open hearth steel
    • 53% of the crucible steel
    • 24% of the steel rails
    • 59% of the structural shapes

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