8th Avenue, Homestead
8th Avenue in Homestead, Pennsylvania, in its heyday.
Videos
Our Rivers: Yesterday and Today
The story of the Monongahela River is one of our nation’s history, our industrial revolutions and one of the men and women whose labors, previously and presently, earned the Monongahela River the title of “Ruhr” – The River of Sweat.
Antonella Threading Bobbins
Antonella DiIanni, Italian Bobbin Lace artist, shows how to thread a bobbin. Antonella is featured in the exhibit "Making it Better: Folk Arts in Pennsylvania Today."
Making Lace
Antonella DiIanni, Italian Bobbin Lace artist, shows how to make bobbin lace. Antonella is featured in the exhibit "Making it Better: Folk Arts in Pennsylvania Today."
Kinorea Two Feather Tigri
Kinorea Two Feather Tigri shows teachers how to make a clay coil pot during the Allegheny Intermediate Unit Course, Hidden in Plain Sight: Traditional Folk Arts of Our Region and How to Teach Them in Your Classroom, a course offered by Rivers of Steel.
Tuika Faumuina
Tuika Faumuina shows teachers the traditional Samoan way to open a coconut during the Allegheny Intermediate Unit Course, Hidden in Plain Sight; Traditional Folk Arts of Our Region and How to Teach Them in Your Classroom, a course offered by Rivers of Steel.
Homestead Labyrinth
This labyrinth, created by artist Lorraine Vullo, is on Waterfront Drive in Homestead, Pennsylvania.
Introduction to Rivers of Steel
From the History to Go DVD, this clip is a brief introduction to the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area.
The 45-Inch Mill
Constructed in 1942 as part of Homestead's World War II expansion, the 45-inch mill was in operation until the early 1980s.
