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FreeWheeling Easy SupplementSeptember 2001
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Upper Monongahela (Duck Hollow) Trail (new addition)Another riverside trail runs in splendid isolation from the fishing area near the small village of Duck Hollow to the Glenwood Bridge. In the trail’s 1.5 miles you get views across the river to the gantry crane at the Waterfront, and Sandcastle Waterpark. Alas, the trail dead ends, with no road access, under the Glenwood Bridge. The City of Pittsburgh is developing this trail in 2001. Get there from the Homestead High Level Bridge by turning east on Old Browns Hill Rd 0.1 mile north of the bridge. Follow Old Browns Hill Rd 0.4 mi. When you go under the RR bridge, turn right and park. About 1 mi from Duck Hollow fishing area is the remains of a conveyer loading system. Coal was emptied out the bottom of railcars and conveyed onto barges. The remains of the winch houses and machinery is still visible. The railroad cars were moved along the siding via cables rather than a locomotive. This trail is a "paper street" long owned by the city but never developed before.
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