Description: Homestead, PA - Mesta Machine Company - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad - 1959: West Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, on the Monongahela River. Heavy industries associated with nearby steel mills existed here. Established were axle works, brickworks, and manufactories of machinery, car wheels, etc. The largest concern was Mesta Machinery which was one of the world's leading industrial manufacturers from 1898 until 1983. The population was 1,929 at the 2010 census. Mesta Machinery was a leading industrial machinery manufacturer based in the Pittsburgh area town of West Homestead, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1898 by George Mesta when he merged his machine shop with another. Mesta "machines" can be found in factories throughout the world and as of 1984 had equipment in 500 steel mills. Mesta was the 488th largest American company in 1958 and the 414th largest in 1959. The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) (reporting mark PLE), also known as the "Little Giant", was formed on May 11, 1875. Company headquarters were located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The line connected Pittsburgh in the east with Youngstown, Ohio at nearby Haselton, Ohio in the west and Connellsville, Pennsylvania to the east. It did not reach Lake Erie (at Ashtabula, Ohio) until the formation of Conrail in 1976. The P&LE was known as the "Little Giant" since the tonnage that it moved was out of proportion to its route mileage. While it operated around one tenth of one percent of the nation's railroad miles, it hauled around one percent of its tonnage. This was largely because the P&LE served the steel mills of the greater Pittsburgh area, which consumed and shipped vast amounts of materials. It was a specialized railroad deriving much of its revenue from coal, coke, iron ore, limestone, and steel. The eventual closure of the steel mills led to the end of the P&LE as an independent line in 1992. This Photochromatic postcard, published in 1959, is in good condition. Art Creation in Curteichcolor. No. 9C-K1678.
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Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Advertising, Architecture, Transportation
Region: Pennsylvania
Country: USA
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Chrome
Circulated: Yes
Year Manufactured: 1959
Subject: Mesta Machine Company
City/Region: Homestead
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Homestead
Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959
Postage Condition: Unposted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Brand/Publisher: Art Creation in Curteichcolor
Era: Linen (c. 1930-1945)
Railroad: Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
County: Allegheny
