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Fort Pitt Blockhouse from the Point

1951/1966

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Fort Pitt Blockhouse from the Point
  • Title
  • Fort Pitt Blockhouse from the Point
  • Creator
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F09.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F09.I05
  • Description
  • A dramatic contrast between the old and the new, three gleaming new chrome-alloyed steel skyscrapers, the first buildings in Gateway Center, rise behind the Fort Pitt Blockhouse, constructed in 1764 by Colonel Henry Bouquet. The Blockhouse, the oldest structure in Pittsburgh, is today a major attraction at Point State Park.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fort Pitt Blockhouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Fort Pitt (Pa.)
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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