. Reasons why . 1 ilian Creek, Pa. REASONS WHY Greatest SteelManufactur-ing Districtin the World. At McKeesport the Youghiogheny Riverflows into the Monongahela River, along whichthe railway continues into Pittsburg. Thegreat Bessemer Steel Works, Armor PiercingProjectile Works and Tube Works are locatedat McKeesport. From here the railway passesthrough the greatest steel manufacturing dis-trict of the world. For miles the great manu-factories emit such volumes of fire and smokeas to make the region suggestive of Approaching Pittsburg at Night along tlie Monongahela River. Pitt
. Reasons why . 1 ilian Creek, Pa. REASONS WHY Greatest SteelManufactur-ing Districtin the World. At McKeesport the Youghiogheny Riverflows into the Monongahela River, along whichthe railway continues into Pittsburg. Thegreat Bessemer Steel Works, Armor PiercingProjectile Works and Tube Works are locatedat McKeesport. From here the railway passesthrough the greatest steel manufacturing dis-trict of the world. For miles the great manu-factories emit such volumes of fire and smokeas to make the region suggestive of Approaching Pittsburg at Night along tlie Monongahela River. Pittsburg is one of the great workshopsof the world and from a tonnage standpoint,the greatest manufacturing city in the world. From Pittsburg, the Wheeling and Pitts-burg Division forms a portion of the throughline between Pittsburg, Wheeling, Columbusand Cincinnati. Leaving Pittsburg the railway crosses theAllegheny River into Allegheny City, en routeto Akron, over the Pittsburg and WesternDivision. At New Castle Junction a spur leadsfrom the main line to New Castle, two milesdistant. Youngstown is the first large cityafter the Pennsylvania State line is crossedinto Ohio. This northeastern portion of Ohio has awidespread reputation for its manufacturing REASONS WHY 25 industries. Niles has made its reputationfrom the manufacture of machinists Warren, the line leads to Lake Erie throughPainesville to the great coal shipping port atFairport, where lake steamers receive theircargoes for all points in the great lake r
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