McKees Rocks Bottoms in Stowe Township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Presston

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

1. Presston Marker

Inscription. Pressed Steel Car Company provided worker housing at substantial cost to employees, keeping them in constant debt. During the 1909 McKees Rocks strike against the company, immigrant workers were evicted from their homes. The evictions led to the August 22 “Bloody Sunday Uprising” where at least 11 people died. The houses were sold after the company ceased operations in 1949. Constructed in 1899 as Schoenville, the neighborhood’s appearance remains similar to 1909.

Erected 2009 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 40° 28.961′ N, 80° 3.771′ W. Marker is in Stowe Township, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is in McKees Rocks Bottoms. It is at the intersection of Ohio Street and Center Street, on the right when traveling north on Ohio Street. Located by community park in Presston/McKees Rocks. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mc Kees Rocks PA 15136, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker

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, measured as the crow flies: Michael A. Musmanno (approx. 0.4 miles away); 1909 McKee's Rocks Strike (approx. half a mile away); St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Davis Island Lock and Dam (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pittock Honor Roll (approx. 0.9 miles away); McKees Rocks Mound (approx. 0.9 miles away); Twenty-Four Residents (approx. 0.9 miles away); Greenstone United Methodist Church (approx. 1.1 miles away).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

2. Presston Marker

Presston Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

3. Presston Veterans Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,990 times since then and 104 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.