Monongahela River – Page 4 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Outlook Drive View of the Mill on the Monongahela River

A favorite place to capture the look of yesteryear but it is tonight. Right now. 2014 from West Mifflin across the Monongahela River.

After being with the family up on VistaView I drove down Outlook Drive. The leaves aren’t full yet and I found a good clearing between two homes.

Propped the camera up onto the passenger window ledge and tried to get a steady shot with a long shutter.

That mill is working all day and night every day and I just drive by for a glimpse a couple of times every year.

I have posted the mill at night a few times but I never get tired of seeing it. Here is it in the snow

And another April shot from a few years ago

May 2, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Photography, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: Braddock PA, family, industry, manufacturing, Monongahela River, night photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, steel mill, travel, vintage, West Mifflin PA 7 Comments

Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio -Three Rivers

Threes. Many things come in threes. It’s a strong number- a favorite number of many.

Still on the theme of three with a triptych story with the suggested 3 pictures will be coming in the near future……………

Thanks Mark for this thought on the Three Rivers even though the stadium by that name was demolished in 2001

(see implosion below)

Panorama from the Duquesne Incline platform

Allegheny River on the left

Monongahela River on the right

Forming the Ohio River at the triangular point!

February 23, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Allegheny River, architecture, city seen, Duquesne Incline, implosion, Monongahela River, Ohio River, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, Three Rivers Stadium, travel 16 Comments

River Ice

I like it when a color photo looks black and white. Well, gray and white.

After school I drove up to Mount Washington to see the ice on the rivers. The Monongahela, the Allegheny and the Ohio.

The Rivers Casino’s sign adds some color

The barge turned to dock

Man on the front of the barge

January 30, 2014 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, barge, ice, Monongahela River, Mount Washington, Ohio River, photograhy, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, shipping, Three Rivers, transportation, travel, winter 16 Comments

Tugboat and Barges on the Monongahela

Saturday afternoon, after the poetry reading at the Pump House, I walked outside.

I saw the tug pushing the loaded barges up the Mon towards the Rankin Bridge.

Because the leaves are still on the trees, I had to find an open space to catch the scene before it got away. Carrie Furnace is in the background. Shot with the iPhone5.

October 5, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: autumn, barge, Homestead, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, poetry reading, postaday, river, tugboat 16 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual POV

Unusual POV? selected from recent shoots

Reflection at Idlewild Park Pond

Henrietta Pussycat as seen from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Trolley- Idlewild Park

Yellow Cab about to turn into the intersection as shot from the opposite curb

Sunset and the city skyline as shot from the McArdle Roadway Bridge

From McArdle Roadway Bridge, second half warm-up

As I walked to my car, after the Red, White and Blue Invitational Cross Country Meet- Schenley Park

Not so unusual but this is the McArdle Roadway Bridge where I shot the other two photos

Grandson Michael steers the Ducky boat on the Monongahela River towards the Fort Pitt Bridge

and a Pirates game on TV, as seen through a bar room window on Carson Street

September 9, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: boat, bridge, cross country, football, Idlewild Park, McArdle Roadway Bridge, Monongahela River, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, sports, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual POV 27 Comments

Made in America – Clairton, PA

Clairton PA is the largest coke manufacturing facility in the United States. Tons of it!

And although the opening in the The Deer Hunter (Best Picture 1978) shows a sign Welcome to Clairton: The City of Prayer (the film’s story set in the industrial town of Clairton) it sounds like the filming was in various locations other than the city itself.

I really didn’t know much about coke manufacturing from coal for steel production but you can read about it here and I haven’t seen The Deer Hunter in years I can still remember the vivid scenes.

The headline reads U. S. Steel Completed Clairton Coke Battery Project in a Pittsburgh Business Times article by Malia Spencer. Trying to make production emissions greener…..

My daughter-in-law was driving so I was shooting from the passenger seat of the family van. A famous photographer ( I forget who but someone might know and comment) when asked to give advice to novice photographers replied, ” You have to get out of your car.” Oops.

I wish I had but we were headed to dinner at Aunt Linda’s and Uncle Frank’s.

Through the windshield

the train yard as we headed down the Mon Valley along the Monongahela River

August 29, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Clairton PA, Clariton Works, Coke Production, family, industry, manufacturing, Mon Valley, Monongahela River, photography, postaday, The Deer Hunter, US Steel 9 Comments

Tourists in Our Own City- Just Ducky Tours

Saturday afternoon Steve asked me if I wanted to take that Ducky Tour we had seen last week when we were downtown at the Arts Festival.

After a moment’s hesitation I threw on some clothes and we went. What a good idea.

Had to wait and hour and a half for the next available tour as the weather was great and everyone was out. We sipped a Yuengling at the Hard Rock Cafe and then made our way to the line that was forming at flag #3 for our boat.

We had a lot of fun. It was so enjoyable. Especially the rivers part. Steve said he would definitely go again.

Everyone looks at you as you drive past and then you all quack like a duck so if you aren’t in a cheery disposition or that seems too too corny, don’t go. It was really funny and fun and I documented the experience with the camera.

The feeling of driving into the river and leaving land was really a cool sensation. And now I know where to take the grandchildren when they come to visit the city. They would love taking a Just Ducky Tour.

Did you see the movie Saving Private Ryan? the driver asked.

Just Ducky Tours Amphibious Vehicles History

All six boats drive off at about the same time, like a convoy

Self portrait in the rearview mirror

Tour guide Cait finds some humor to entertain the tourists. Us!

Salvaged from a building? Who are these figures and what are they doing?

Historic Landmark Smithfield Bridge

First you drive around downtown and see everything you know from a different vantage point.

PPG Plaza and fountain.

Looks like a character from a novel.

Headed to find her car in the parking lot.

The Blimp and PPG building

Driving down the Mon Wharf, right into the Monongahela River!

Underneath the Fort Pitt Bridge

The fountain is working again.

What a Just Ducky Tour Boat looks like on the river.

There are the companion Ducky Tourists.

We were on the Monongahela, The Allegheny and the Ohio Rivers. RIght at the point.

What it looks like when the amphibious vehicle drives out of the Monongahela River.

Right next to us on the road. Watch that Baby!!!

Returned safely to Station Square.

They told us NO one has had to use a life jacket in the 16 years of Just Ducky Tours. I took some photos of people driving the boat and am emailing them their pic.

Quack Quack Quack!

June 17, 2013June 17, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: Allegheny River, amphibious vehicles, architecture, DUKW vehicle, Hard Rock Cafe, Just Ducky Tours, Monongahela River, Ohio River, Pittsburgh PA, Saving Private Ryan, Station Square, tourist, travel, WWll 23 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

They call it challenge for a reason. Escape. Or trying to.

Escape defined : Break free from confinement or control (School is out June 17th)

Need to get away. Get out. Break free.

Attempted escape. Some of mine seem like “trapped” or “escape is necessary” . It makes me consider posting a photograph of our jail that they built along the Monongahela River, spoiling the scenic view. Escape from reality. A fire escape?

Me in the mail chute at the City County Building today when we took down the art show.

Fencing so the Cheetahs Can’t Escape!

Kayaks on the Allegheny River Photographed from the Roberto Clemente Bridge

Fence and Branch at the Softball Game

Did you ever feel like you can’t escape when you are in the middle of the car wash?

Take the keys and lock her up! Little sister tries to escape

A hopeful escape from reality and the rat race. I guess I need to buy a ticket. Oh well.

The Book Loft– Columbus Ohio. Reading is a terrific escape!

A roller coaster is good for a brief escape

at Kennywood Amusement Park

Ready for the get away

A Couple of Fire Escapes ( I was shooting the Bitter End, I think)

Central Park Pastorale

May 17, 2013May 28, 2019 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Allegheny River, Central Park, Columbus OH, escape, family, helicopter, kayaks, Kennywood, lottery, Monongahela River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, roller coaster, The Book Loft, weekly photo challenge 31 Comments

Found Shopping List

Sunday afternoon I drove across the Monongahela River to the Waterfront at Homestead, PA and did a little grocery shopping.

When I wheeled my cart to load the car, I saw this little list on the pavement of the parking lot.

I used to photograph found lists, little wrinkled slips of paper, write poems about them. Some lists abandoned in a cart- seemed like poems when I found them.

I’d think about the people who wrote them. Sometimes they’d written the oddest mix of items.

I have a friend who keeps a magnetized shopping list pad on her fridge and when she uses something up, she writes it down immediately so she can replenish the larder. I’m not that disciplined. I’ve written a list and then left it at home but it can help when trying to remember what I’d written down.

There are even tablets of preprinted lists and you just check the boxes of what you need to get at the store. That’s not my style of list, either. When I entertain I’m more likely to write a menu AND a shopping list. Cross things off as I put them in the cart.

What is your “list style”?

What's Cooking Tonight? — What’s Cooking Tonight?

March 17, 2013March 17, 2013 by Ruth Categories: PhotographyTags: available light, Coke, food, grocery list, Kleenex, Monongahela River, parking lot, Pittsburgh Photographer, popcorn, postaday, shopping, travel 21 Comments

River Catches Lights at Dusk

It’s been a week of bridges on the blog. Here’s one more. I thought the lights in the river look impressionistic. A soft focus on the bridge. Need to keep tripod or brace better against the light pole to avoid camera shake. You know how I like it when the sky grows dark and the lights come up. And I like to catch reflections.

Once known as the Homestead High-Level Bridge over the Monongahela River, it was rededicated in 2002 to honor The Grays Baseball Team of the Negro League so is known as the Homestead Grays Bridge. Built in 1936.

“It is notable as the first bridge to utilize the Wichert Truss, which uses a quadrilateral shape over each support.” says wikipedia.

February 2, 2013February 2, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Baseball, bridge, Homestead Grays Baseball, Homestead PA, Monongahela River, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, transportation, travel, Wichert Truss 10 Comments

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Outlook Drive View of the Mill on the Monongahela River

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Made in America – Clairton, PA

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