Homestead Steel Works

The company developed in the nineteenth century as an extensive plant served by tributary coal and iron fields, a railway 425 miles (684 km) long, and a line of lake steamships.

A series of industrial disputes over wages, working hours and contracts occurred in the early years of the works, leading to the Homestead strike, an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892.

Throughout his management career, Gaughan had developed an interest in the history of Homestead Steel Works and began to collect photos and pamphlets regarding the company.

A few remnants of the steel works were not destroyed, including twelve smokestacks in the middle of the Waterfront development.

[5] As of its opening in 1999, the land is partially occupied by The Waterfront, an outdoor shopping center.

Steel workers gaze on as molten steel is poured from ladle to casts at Homestead Steel Works.
The water tower of the pumphouse is one of the few structures remaining from the 1800s. Now, it provides restrooms within for visitors and cyclists traveling on the Great Allegheny Passage trail.
Barge and The Waterfront shopping center
Carrie Furnace , a blast furnace across the Monongahela River from the main site
Portrait photo depicting front of a gantry crane, once part of Homestead Steel Works in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Gantry crane on the Monongahela riverbank, used for loading barges with steel
Map of the Pittsburgh Tri-State with green counties in the metropolitan area and yellow counties in the combined area