Washington's Landing / Herrs Island (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

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Washington's Landing, previously known as Herrs Island is an island in the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington's_Landing

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Coordinates: 40°27'54"N 79°58'36"W

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DBR96A (guest)

This island used to be a dumping ground for steel mills, and also had a meat-processing plant on it. Then the EPA came in with Superfunds and cleaned it all up, and now there's townhouses and stuff on it. I hope it doesn't flood too easily here.

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Brunot Island 6.2 km
Neville Island 16 km
Browns Island 54 km
Wheeling Island 77 km
Williamson Island 128 km
Middle Island 157 km
Buckley Island 172 km
Muskingum Island 179 km
Island 330 km
Island 330 km

Troy Hill Neighborhood 0.7 km
Lower Lawrenceville Neighborhood 1.2 km
Strip District Neighborhood 1.3 km
Heppenstall Site (Former) 1.8 km
Millvale, Pennsylvania 1.9 km
McConway - Torley Company 2 km
Reserve Township 2.3 km
Central Lawrenceville Neighborhood 2.4 km
Upper Lawrenceville Neighborhood 3.2 km
Shaler Township 5.8 km

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Troy Hill Neighborhood Lower Lawrenceville Neighborhood Strip District Neighborhood Heppenstall Site (Former) Millvale, Pennsylvania McConway - Torley Company Reserve Township Central Lawrenceville Neighborhood Upper Lawrenceville Neighborhood Shaler Township