Lincoln and Lemington were former neighborhoods in the northeastern section of the city. Bordered by Homewood to the south, Larimer and Highland Park to the west and Penn Hills to the east, it is an area hidden in the hills of the city. It is a predominantly black neighborhood that was once a white neighborhood in the early 1920s and '30s. Belmar was a neighborhood atop a steep hill that overlooked the city on Tilden Street.
Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar is generally subdivided at Lemington Ave into two parts, "Upper Lincoln" and "Lower Lincoln".
Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar is one of the steepest neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, with Downtown Pittsburgh (8 miles (13km) away) visible from many parts of Upper Lincoln.
The Veterans Hospital and the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center sits off of Highland Drive in the northern part of the neighborhood.
Larimer borders Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar to the west and is connected by the Lincoln Ave Bridge and the Larimer Ave Bridge.
Homewood is bordered south of Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar, and is connected by Upland Street, Apple Avenue off of Lincoln Avenue and by Stranahan Avenue from atop Belmar. Penn Hills lies east of Lincoln–Lemington–Belmar, and is reached via Lincoln and Lemington avenues, and also by Bruston Avenue streaming in from Homewood. Highland Park is separated by Washington Boulevard to the west.
Lemington has a strong industrial history. It is famous for its brick glassworks cone, built in 1787. The River Tyne used to pass very close to Lemington, until the Tyne Improvement Commission cut a new, shorter, straighter channel over the Blaydon Haugh, leaving behind the Lemington Gut. Also visible are the ruins of the former Tyne Iron Company Ironworks which were built in 1797 and decommissioned in 1886. Its coke ovens are still evident near Lemington Power Station. The power station was built in 1903 to supply the tram system with electricity. It was largely demolished in 1946. The remains of Lemington Staithes can be seen on the Lemington Gut near the power station. The staithes used to mark the end of the North Wylam to Lemington Point waggonway, which took coal from the local collieries to the staithes for export. On 12 July 1875 Lemington Station opened on the Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway. On 15 September 1958 the station closed to passengers and on 4 January 1960 the station was closed to goods, but the lines weren't lifted until 1992, when the Ever Ready battery factory in Newburn closed. The Anglo Great Lakes Graphite Plant which operated in the area, also closed around this time.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.3square miles (91.3km2), all land.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 107 people, 49 households, and 34 families residing in the town. The population density was 3.0 people per square mile (1.2/km2). There were 77 housing units at an average density of 2.2 per square mile (0.8/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.39% White, and 5.61% from two or more races.
There were 49 households out of which 22.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.68.
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