Wharfs & Steamboats
The Allegheny River was a prime transportation route for all manner of goods for more than 200 years. The original river traffic focused on cut timber that was loaded in communities up and down the river and sent south to the larger cities, especially Pittsburgh, to meet consumers’ needs. Then came the iron ore industry that shuttled iron from the region’s many iron furnaces to smelting operations downriver. Barges laden