Ambridge Memories
Memories of Ambridge, Pennsylvania
1950-1970--and the years that came before
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Friday, January 27, 2017
American Bridge Co. office under construction
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In late 1902, the American Bridge Co. bought land to built a massive structural steel fabrication plant along the Ohio River in the area tha...
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Ambridge's "crackerbox" tenements
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I don't know why so many people ask about Ambridge's "crackerbox" housing. Perhaps it's because they came across a pho...
Friday, January 6, 2017
American Bridge Co. office, west side, 1911
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Ambridge's American Bridge Co. plant was once the world's largest structural steel fabricating plant in the world. It ended virtuall...
Monday, December 19, 2016
Ambridge memorabilia: Tait's Garage sign
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This "Taits Garage" sign is one of the larger pieces of Ambridge memorabilia someone has shared with me. "Taits Garage...
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Exploring Central Tube Company's neighborhood
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Central Tube Company was in Ambridge from 1909 to 1940. The company was owned by Sewickley's Alexander Laughlin Sr., who built Ambridge...
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