Ellwood City Page

WELCOME TO ELLWOOD CITY, PA

The Ellwood City Amateur Radio Association is based in Ellwood City, PA. For those of you who visit our website from outside the local area, we would like to tell you a little bit about the area we live in. In the map below, you will see that we are located in Western Pennsylvania. It is split between Lawrence County and Beaver county, and is about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. For many years the main industry in Ellwood City was steel. Plants such as US Steel and Ellwood City Iron and Wire, among others, provided the main source of employment in the area. The steel industry may be gone, but there are others to take its place. Inmetco is now in the old US Steel location, and other industries such as Airway Luggage have grown. To learn more about the early beginnings of the town, visit this site about Ellwood City history. In 1990, the population of Ellwood City was 8,894. It is a small town with a large community spirit. For instance, in the fall of 1998 the entire community got together to build a fantastic playground for area kids to be located at Ewing Park, just outside of Ellwood. Called the KID's CREATED KINGDOM, it was built entirely by hundreds of area volunteers. The ECARA took part also by providing communications for the Daycare Center to provide secure pickup and delivery of the children of volunteers working on the project. Ewing Park is also the location each year of the Ellwood City Arts and Crafts Festival which is visited by more than 60,000 people annually. The ECARA takes part by sponsoring a food booth and an Amateur Radio Demonstration. Below is a photo of the Kids Created Kingdom in Ewing Park.

In the pictures below, to the right you can see a view of Lawrence Avenue, Ellwood City's main Street. The picture to the left is the Ellwood City Municipal Building, located at the corner of 6th Street and Lawrence Avenue. On the second floor of this building is where the ECARA used to hold its monthly meetings and license classes, as well as the license exams given by the Volunteer Examiners team. We have now moved to the Tree of Life Wellness Center in Ewing Park, where we meet the first Sunday of every month. Classes and test sessions are held on the other Sundays during the month.

Below are some photos of the Red Hot Family Restaurant owned by John Katsadas. The Red Hot has been a landmark of Ellwood City for many years and is still a popular meeting spot for ECARA members. John has been a supporter of the ECARA since we began and is an Associate member of the club. Waitress, Barb Streit, seen below is also one of our associate members.

Red Hot Restaurant building (left) and waitress Barb Streit (right)

Red Hot Restaurant owner John Katsadas receiving a certificate of appreciation from ECARA Treasurer Carol Klingensmith (N3ZLF).

If you would like to know more about Ellwood City, please visit some of the links listed below. There is information about local businesses, churches, events, etc.

LINKS

Ellwood City Page

Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce

Ellwood City Ledger

Ellwood City Message Board

Ellwood City Scanner Frequencies

Digital Neighbors - Ellwood City

Lawrence County Information

The Wolverine's Den
A meeting place for Lincoln High School alumni

This page updated 8/20/01

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