Clairton
Clairtons existence began just after the turn of the 20th century when the United States Steel Corporation acquired a large tract along the west side of the Monongahela River, about 13 miles south of Pittsburgh. The city ... ghosttowns.com
Stringtown-dravo
The Twin Towns of Dravo and Stringtown were founded in the early 1800s. The towns' people mostly worked in the mines across the river. The towns survived until about the 1950's when local access road was washed out and th... ghosttowns.com
Somerfield
Somerfield became a town in 1818. It existed for over 100 years until the 1940's. In the 1940's the town was abandoned and destroyed when the Yough Dam was built. During times of drought in Southwestern Pennsylvania, visi... ghosttowns.com
Abbington
This town was booming in the days when the Alliance Furnace was in blast near 1789 and salt and natural gas wells were everywhere. When the local economy went belly up everyone fled. Most old maps of the area shows many h... waymarking.com