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Streets Run
Streets Run is located in Pennsylvania
Streets Run
Streets Run is located in the United States
Streets Run
Location of Streets Run mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to Monongahela River
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Allegheny
Physical characteristics
Main source Sawmill Run divide
Whitehall, Pennsylvania
1,110 ft (340 m)
40°21′07″N 079°58′58″W / 40.35194°N 79.98278°W / 40.35194; -79.98278
River mouth Monongahela River
Monongahela River near Sandcastle Water Park
710 ft (220 m)
40°23′48″N 079°55′59″W / 40.39667°N 79.93306°W / 40.39667; -79.93306
Length 5.11 mi (8.22 km)
Basin features
Progression generally northwest
River system Monongahela River
Basin size 10.07 square miles (26.1 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Glass Run
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries

Streets Run is a 5.2-mile-long (8.4 km) 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, an area of about ten square miles.

Colonial history

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1751 Map depicting "Licking Creek", today known as Streets Run

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. The Pittsburgh Southern Railroad and its successor, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, also had lines running through the valley. The Whitehall Tunnel connects this valley with the Peters Creek watershed.

Additional Images

Course of Streets Run (Monongahela River tributary)
Course of Streets Run (Monongahala River tributary) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Watershed of Streets Run (Monongahela River tributary)
Watershed of Streets Run (Monongahela River tributary) in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
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