Question
What natural resources contributed to making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a major steel center?
A: Coal contributed to making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a major steel center.
A: Coal contributed to making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a major steel center.
Answers
Ms. Sue
Coal is only one of the natural resources at Pittsburgh.
Victoria
Coal and oil contributed to making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a major steel center
Ms. Sue
What about rivers?
Victoria
Coal, oil, and rivers contributed to making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a major steel center.
Victoria
Rivers or water?
Ms. Sue
http://popularpittsburgh.com/threerivers/
Victoria
So coal, oil, and rivers contributed to making Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a major steel center. Right?
Ms. Sue
Yes. Raw materials were shipped in by the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. The finished products were shipped west on the Ohio River, eventually ending up at the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.