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Living Lands & Waters Pulls 52 Cars From Pittsburgh Rivers

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Living Lands & Waters Pulls 52 Cars From Pittsburgh Rivers

November 8, 2024

The sight along the Pittsburgh riverfront in August was anything but pretty. In just two-and-a-half days, Living Lands & Waters (LL&W) removed an estimated 52 vehicles from the Monongahela and… Read More

The Del Commune Helped The Engineers Transition To Diesel Fairbanks-Morse ad on the cover of the March 19, 1938, WJ. (David Smith collection)

The Del Commune Helped The Engineers Transition To Diesel

March 24, 2024

Dubuque Boat & Boiler Company, Dubuque, Iowa, had a history dating back to 1852 as Rouse, Dean & Company, a foundry and machine shop. A few years later the firm… Read More

The Steamer Fairplay And Capt. Vernon Byrnside The Campbell Line Str. Fairplay at Pittsburgh. (David Smith collection)

The Steamer Fairplay And Capt. Vernon Byrnside

May 8, 2023

The James Rees & Sons Company, with origins dating back to 1848, operated at what is now the foot of Stanwix Street on the left bank of the Allegheny River… Read More