AKA Wheeling Pitt Steel, Pittsburgh Steel, Allenport and Monessen, PA

Jobsite

In 1968, the West Virginia steel company, Wheeling Steel, merged with Pittsburgh Steel to form Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel.  With mill locations in Allenport and Monessen, PA, Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel employed as many as 3,500 workers.  The Monessen Works facility closed in 1986, and the Allenport Works mill closed in 2008.

Address or general location

Mills were located near Pittsburgh, including in Allenport and Monessen, PA.

Detail

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has long been called “Steel City” as a result of its having had as many as 300 steel-related companies operating in or around its borders.  Pittsburgh Steel was operating in the Pittsburgh area in the early 1900s and owned the Allenport Works and Monessen Works mills.  In 1968, Wheeling Steel of West Virginia merged with Pittsburgh Steel to form Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel.  

Allenport Works

The Allenport Works mill was constructed by Pittsburgh Steel in 1920.  Its workforce traveled from a wide area of the Monongahela Valley (“Mon Valley”) to work at the facility.  At its peak, it employed as many as 3,500 workers.  Operations ceased in 2008.

Monessen Works

The Monessen Works mill was constructed by Sharon Steel Corporation in 1901 and was eventually acquired by Pittsburgh Steel (later Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel).  The Monessen Works mill closed in 1986.