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The Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Commission was a federal commission established within the United States Department of the Interior to oversee the America's Industrial Heritage Project. It was created in 1988 as a means for "recognizing, preserving, promoting, and interpreting the cultural heritage of the 9-county region in southwestern Pennsylvania associated with the three basic industries of iron and steel, coal, and transportation.[1] The Commission sunset on November 18, 2008.

  1. ^ Pub. L. 100–698, § 1, title I, §§ 101–105, Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4618, as amended by Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(1)(L), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196; Pub. L.106–291, title I, § 148, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 956. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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