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Water Street Wharf
1969
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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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