Prior to the mills being built along the Monongahela River, in the early 1900's Clairton was the site of Central Park, a large riverside amusement park on the Wylie farm, where wealthy Pittsburghers and other people in the area came to dance and have fun. Once the mills bought up the riverside property, and just like that the park was gone. It included the Union Grove, a dancing pavilion, an open dining room, and possibly even a merry-go-round, Another site was later located to become Clairton Park, which to this day remains one of the finest and most beautiful picnic and outdoor areas in the greater Pittsburgh area. The park sat where the blast and open-hearth furnaces stand today.












