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Water Street Wharf

1969

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Water Street Wharf
  • Title
  • Water Street Wharf
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • 1969
  • Identifier
  • 715.69087.CP
  • Description
  • A view of the Port of Pittsburgh in the early 1890s. Boats of all sorts are tied to anchor along the Water Street Wharf. Beginning in the 1800s, Water Street and the Monongahela Wharf combined to be the landing point for commerce and trade. Water Street, which ran above the slopes of the wharf, was full of warehouses and office buildings.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Wharves
    Boats
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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