Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Monongahela River valley 7 miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. The borough is known for the Homestead Strike of 1892, an important event in the history of labor relations in the United States. Homestead’s place in the industrial revolution and later labor movements are so important that most of our downtown buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bost Building, built in 1892, was AA union headquarters during the Homestead Strike that year, and today is a National Historic Landmark and museum of the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area

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Moshulu, originally named Kurt after Dr. Kurt Siemers, is a four-masted steel barque built by William Hamilton on the River Clyde in Scotland in 1904, and currently a floating restaurant docked in Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia. The interior is in the design of a luxury liner, which was done in a remodel in 1994, after a fire damaged it in 1989. The menu of a posh restaurant is inside this 100-year old ship is not by any means extensive. You will be able to enjoy fresh salads, wraps and meat entrees during the lunch hours for around $10-$30. This restaurant reminds people in Philadelphia that they are a port city.

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