Becks Run
River
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Becks Run is a tributary of the Monongahela River in the United States. As an urban stream, it is heavily polluted, receiving combined sewer outflow from Carrick (Pittsburgh)[1] and Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania.
| Becks Run | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Becks Run Road at East Agnew Avenue |
| Mouth | |
• location | Monongahela River |
| Length | 2.82 mi (4.54 km) |
Geography and other notable features
There is a waterfall on a tributary, just downstream from a slate dump, near the intersection of Wagner Avenue and Mountain Avenue. There were coal mines along the stream, including Becks Run #2, owned by the estate of James H. Hays,[2] served by an incline and the H.B. Hays and Brothers Coal Railroad. Other mines at various times were operated by the Birmingham Coal Company, H.G. Burghman, Jones & Laughlin, and the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company.[3][4]
History
The Pittsburgh and Beck's Run Railroad (1877–1880), which ran from the Smithfield Street Bridge to the Jones and Laughlin Iron Works, and was absorbed by the P&LE Railroad, was named after this tributary. A former town, located where Becks Run enters the Monongahela, was also named Becks Run.