Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Turtle Creek is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. The population was 5,114 at the 2020 census. George Westinghouse constructed a manufacturing plant nearby. Turtle Creek takes its name from a small stream that flows into the Monongahela River. Before white settlers arrived, there was a small village of Native Americans living there from the Turtle Clan of the Iroquois Nation.
Turtle Creek High School, built in 1917
A detailed bird's-eye view of Turtle Creek in 1897
Turtle Creek (Monongahela River tributary)
Turtle Creek is a 21.1-mile-long (34.0 km) tributary of the Monongahela River that is located in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Situated at its juncture with the Monongahela is Braddock, Pennsylvania, where the Battle of the Monongahela was fought in 1755.
Turtle Creek, as seen looking north from the George Westinghouse Bridge
Photo of the George Westinghouse Bridge over the Turtle Creek Valley.
B-Y Pond in Trafford, Pennsylvania was formed when the flow of Turtle Creek was shortened to accommodate a railroad, which has since become the rail-trail in the foreground
The Westinghouse Floodgates in East Pittsburgh PA in 2017
