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'''Streets Run''' is a tributary of the [[Monongahela River]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]. This [[urban stream]] drains portions of the communities of [[Pittsburgh]], Baldwin, Brentwood, West Mifflin and Whitehall,<ref>{{cite web |title=Streets Run Watershed |url=http://www.streetsrunwatershed.com/ |accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> an area of about ten square miles. |
'''Streets Run''' is a tributary of the [[Monongahela River]] in [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]. This [[urban stream]] drains portions of the communities of [[Pittsburgh]], Baldwin, Brentwood, West Mifflin and Whitehall,<ref>{{cite web |title=Streets Run Watershed |url=http://www.streetsrunwatershed.com/ |accessdate=2009-01-03}}</ref> an area of about ten square miles. |
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==Colonial History== |
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[[Image:Kitfry-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|1751 Map Depicting "Licking Creek", today known as Streets Run]] |
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Streets Run, previously referred to as Licking Creek, is depicted in ''A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina.'' Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751, published by Thos. Jefferys, London, 1755. This landmark map, unusual in that it relied on firsthand surveys, is the first correct depiction of the Allegheny Mountains, complete with 'The Great Road from the Yadkin River thro Virgionia to Philadelphia distant 455 Miles' - an accurate survey of what would come to be styled the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road. |
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==Mining History== |
==Mining History== |
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Streets Run is a tributary of the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. This urban stream drains portions of the communities of Pittsburgh, Baldwin, Brentwood, West Mifflin and Whitehall,[1] an area of about ten square miles.
Colonial History
Streets Run, previously referred to as Licking Creek, is depicted in A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina. Drawn by Joshua Fry & Peter Jefferson in 1751, published by Thos. Jefferys, London, 1755. This landmark map, unusual in that it relied on firsthand surveys, is the first correct depiction of the Allegheny Mountains, complete with 'The Great Road from the Yadkin River thro Virgionia to Philadelphia distant 455 Miles' - an accurate survey of what would come to be styled the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.
Mining History
James Hardin Hays began mining coal along Streets Run in 1828. Other coal mines in the watershed were run by the I.D. Risher and Daniel W Risher Companies, as well as the Harrison Gas Coal Company.
Railroad History
The H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad ran along Sreets Run to service the mine developed by J.H. Hays. It ended at Six Mile Ferry, on the Monongahela.[2] The Pittsburgh Southern Railroad and its successor, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad also had lines running though the valley. The Whitehall Tunnel connects this valley with the Peter's Creek watershed.
References
- ^ "Streets Run Watershed". Retrieved 2009-01-03.
- ^ 1876 Map of the end of the H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad
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