The Golden Triangle, formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, is the City of Pittsburgh's commercial center, where fortunes were made by the famous industrial barons, Carnegie, Frick, Westinghouse, and Heinz. Point State Park, a National Historic Landmark, is at the tip of Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle. Located within the park is the Fort Pitt Museum. Here is a re-creation of an eighteenth century British fort.
Today, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has seen a resurgence, from a steel town, into one of America's most livable cities. Most modern employment is derived from hi-tech fields, including medical research, software, advanced computer research and robotics. The mainstay industries, steel, aluminum, petro-chemicals and coal keep Pittsburgh's inland waterways one of the country's busiest.