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Fort Pitt Blockhouse with the Pennsylvania Railroad Warehouse and Freight Station

1945

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Fort Pitt Blockhouse with the Pennsylvania Railroad Warehouse and Freight Station
  • Title
  • Fort Pitt Blockhouse with the Pennsylvania Railroad Warehouse and Freight Station
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F09.I07
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B007.F09.I07
  • Description
  • For years the Fort Pitt Blockhouse, built by Colonel Henry Bouquet in 1764, stood on its original site surrounded by industrial buildings and urban blight. It is shown (left center) almost hidden by warehouses and a freight station, shortly before they were razed to make way for Point State Park. The Blockhouse is preserved today by the Daughters of the American Revolution. It is now part of an historical site and museum visited each year by thousands of tourists and school groups.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fort Pitt Blockhouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Railroads--Freight cars--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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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