Pittsburgh Valve Foundry & Construction Company

This concrete pier below 26th Street is identified on the 1912 Flood Commission map and is located adjacent to the property of the Pittsburgh Valve Foundry & Construction Company.

This is the retaining wall built to stabilize the railroad tracks servicing all of these industries. When was this wall built? How much longer wil it hold? Who will be responsible when it falls...and maybe we should just let it fall. It may start to recreate some of natual riparian habitat.

The Allegheny Riverfront Vision Plan addresses some ecosystem restoration ideas and I patiently wait.