Streets Run Explained

Streets Run
Name Other:Tributary to Monongahela River
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Streets Run mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Allegheny
Length:5.11miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Monongahela River
Discharge1 Avg:10.67cuft/s at mouth with Monongahela River[2]
Source1:Sawmill Run divide
Source1 Location:Whitehall, Pennsylvania[3]
Source1 Coordinates:40.3519°N -79.9828°W[4]
Source1 Elevation:1110feet
Mouth:Monongahela River
Mouth Location:Monongahela River near Sandcastle Water Park
Mouth Coordinates:40.3967°N -79.9331°W
Mouth Elevation:710feet
Progression:generally northwest
River System:Monongahela River
Tributaries Left:Glass Run
Tributaries Right:unnamed tributaries

Streets Run is a 5.2adj=midNaNadj=mid[5] tributary of the Monongahela River in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. This urban stream drains portions of the communities of Pittsburgh, Baldwin, Brentwood, West Mifflin and Whitehall,[6] an area of about ten square miles.

Colonial history

Streets Run, previously referred to as Licking Creek, is depicted in A map of the most inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole province of Maryland with part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and North Carolina, drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1751, and published by Thos. Jefferys, London, 1755. This landmark map, unusual in that it relied on firsthand surveys, is the first correct depiction of the Allegheny Mountains, complete with "The Great Road from the Yadkin River thro Virgionia to Philadelphia distant 455 Miles" - an accurate survey of what would come to be styled the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.

Mining history

James Hardin Hays began mining coal along Streets Run in 1828. Other coal mines in the watershed were run by the I.D. Risher and Daniel W Risher Companies, as well as the Harrison Gas Coal Company.

Railroad history

The H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad ran along Streets Run to service the mine developed by J.H. Hays. It ended at Six Mile Ferry, on the Monongahela.[7] The Pittsburgh Southern Railroadand its successor, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,[8] also had lines running through the valley. The Whitehall Tunnel connects this valley with the Peters Creek watershed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 4 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Streets Run Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 4 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Whitehall Topo Map, Allegheny County PA (Glassport Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 4 January 2020 . en.
  4. Web site: GNIS Detail - Streets Run . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 4 January 2020 . en-us.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
  6. Web site: Streets Run Watershed . 2009-01-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090807174344/http://www.streetsrunwatershed.com/ . 2009-08-07 .
  7. http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/maps/showmap.pl?client=maps&image=76v01p44&levels=5&originx=2433&originy=659&lastlevel=2&fullheight=4866&fullwidth=3924&level=1&size=0&tnail.x=109&tnail.y=29 1876 Map of the end of the H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad
  8. News: Baltimore and Ohio's Cutt Off . New York Times. 3 July 1883 . 19 December 2010. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/07/03/103438623.pdf