The bridge was designed by Albert Lucius and built by McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh between March 1908 and May 1910 for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The bridge is notable in that the railroad proceeded with the cantilever design despite the collapse of the Quebec cantilever bridge during construction in 1907. The Beaver bridge …
Beaver County photographers and videographers SEE ALSO: Burd Video and Photography RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The Listening Library of Beaver County (LLBC) is curated by The Social Voice Project. It is a publicly and privately sourced audio/visual archive of voices and stories related to Beaver County, Pennsylvania and surrounding region. Disclaimer: LLBC is …
DESCRIPTION: “On Episode 1 of The Genesis Collective Podcast, we visit with Beaver County artist Jesse Derflinger of Darlington, Pennsylvania and talk about the meaning and purpose of art. We also tour “Fallen Branches,” Jesse’s landscaped artistic collage of unusual found objects, industrial artifacts, and other fascinating curiosities surrounding his home. We also talk with …
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DESCRIPTION: “Locking through the Montgomery Lock on the Ohio River near Midland, PA. We continue up river, past the Shippingport Nuclear Power Plant, then return back through the Montgomery Lock.” SEE ALSO: Montgomery Locks and Dam Fathers Day 6/17/12 (Going through Montgomery Lock) RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY The Listening Library of Beaver …
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Description: “I take a drive and walk through Midland. It is an old ‘steel’ town like the rest of our steel towns in Beaver County. A lot has changed; a lot has not changed.” RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY
Description: “The birth of Midland Steel Newspaper articles began to appear during the summer of 1905. The Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette got the first scoop. The newly formed Midland Steel Co. had purchased 1,019 acres of land spanning two miles of Ohio River frontage. By the time the newspapers began reporting the endeavor, the company had …
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Overlook from Plan 6, Aliquippa, Pa. RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY
Visualscape of Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa, Pa. RETURN TO THE LISTENING LIBRARY: BEAVER COUNTY