Usually, they've just arrived on the boardwalk and are looking toward the Monongahela River. The scene is one of unusual beauty and tranquillity - a resort type setting along a calm waterway, with a green wooded hillside providing the backdrop. The last thing this scene suggests is an abandoned steel mill, but that's where Sandcastle began. Our property was the railroad yard for the giant U.S. Steel Homestead Works. Seven miles of railroad track were removed to make way for the waterpark. The low land immediately along the Monongahela, where the waterslides dump their riders into sparkling pools, was overgrown with dense, impassable vegetation which was cleared. Site preparation began in May of 1988, and the park opened in July of 1989, 14 months later. Additional attractions have been made throughout the years.
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