The Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company was founded as part of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company in 1885. While most of the railroad's work was for its parent company, it also contracted with other companies. This collection specifically deals with the building of the Pittsburgh Tri-Port Terminal in 1966. The port was proposed to "offer prompt movement of products for rail, truck and river delivery". It was to be used to load or unload river barges for transfer to trucks or railroad. The port would reduce truck traffic over city streets that were unsuitable for heavy traffic. It allowed piggyback shipments to become available to one hundred communities in the Midwest and Eastern United States under one original bill of lading. The Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, on a much smaller scale, is still in existence today.
From the description of Records of Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, 1966-1985. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 57030251
