A post card currently up for sale on eBay, dated 1912 from H. Minney to Mrs. Janet Burnett of Carnegie, PA. Click each image for a larger view.
Monongahela Riverboat T.P. Roberts
Above is the Monongahela riverboat T.P. Roberts from a postcard postmarked Monongahela, PA. 1909. The T.P. Roberts was an engineers boat that visited the Elizabeth Marine Ways at least twice. Visit the website "Steamboat Building In Elizabeth PA" view other photographs and to read more about the boat and the people who worked on her.
Monongahela Matchbox on Ebay
I know that some of you collect Monongahela ephemera so here is a box of Monongahela Safety Matches made by Monongahela Candy Company currently up for sale on eBay. Notice Washington's scowling face. I guess he never cared much for Monongahela after the Whiskey Rebellion.
Mingo Park Map
Here's a great map of Mingo Creek County Park. Click here to download the .pdf file of the map. Keep a copy on your iPhone for future reference when out at the park.
A Cold Bath
Monongahela Republican - Monongahela City, December 19, 1851 A COLD BATH - Our friend Mr. William Coulter, while skating on the river, on Wednesday last, broke through the ice and went down in ten feet water, and a hundred yards from the shore. He succeeded in keeping from being carried under by supporting himself on the... Continue Reading →
Improvements To Mingo Park Bicycle – Walking Trail
Washington County is making substantial improvements to Mingo Creek Park with the installation of a new trail alongside the main road in the park. Most of the trail is now paved with 4 new bridges to be installed as soon as weather permits. Bicycling on the main park road has been unsafe for years with... Continue Reading →
More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About The Charleroi-Monessen Bridge
An extensive report of the history of the Charleroi Monessen Bridge can be found at HistoricBridges.org What I found most interesting was the appendix at the end. It tells of how all the records of the American Bridge Company (the company that built the bridge) were lost with filing cabinets full of documents and scores... Continue Reading →
A Little More History Of The Liggett Spring And Axle Company
From the July 31, 1902 edition of Iron Age The Liggett Spring and Axle Company, manufacturers of high-grade carriage and wagons springs and axles, whose plant is now located in Allegheny, Pennsylvania are going ahead rapidly with their plans for building a new works near Monongahela City. The company have secured at this place at tract... Continue Reading →
2012 New Year’s Resolution:
to post at least three stories per week on Lost Monongahela! Hope you are successful in keeping your resolutions and may you have a happy 2012!
The Race Track – AKA Armstrong Field, Ringgold Soccer Field In Monongahela PA
I am working on an upcoming blog post and could use your help. Do any of you have any information or memories about the area known around Monongahela as the "Race Track" aka Armstrong Field? Currently located there is a soccer field, a softball field and on the southern end is Cox's arena. Here is... Continue Reading →
Beginnings Of The Old Combustion Engineering Plant, Monongahela PA.
What we know as the old Combustion Engineering (C.E.) plant started out as The Coshocton Iron Works. Here's an entry from Iron Age, Volume 7o, 1902: Application for a Pennsylvania charter will be made August, 21 by the Coshocton Iron Company, operating a foundry at Coshocton, Ohio, which have become allied with the Liggett Spring... Continue Reading →
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