Dating back to the 1880s and part of Andrew Carnegie’s US Steel for the better part of a century, the Carrie blast furnaces once produced 1,000 tons of iron a day. Now, with the remains of two of those furnaces still standing as a reminder of the region’s history, the Carrie Furnace site is poised for a new future as an economic engine for the region and center of jobs for the community.

With the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvania (RIDC) having taken control of the site – and working in partnership with the Pittsburgh Film Office – plans are advancing to construct the region’s first purpose-built film studio, to increase the presence of an industry that has already generated thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in tax revenue over the past decade.

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