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Allegheny Arsenal

1870-1909

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Allegheny Arsenal
  • Title
  • Allegheny Arsenal
  • Date
  • 1870-1909
  • Identifier
  • ALAR02.UA
  • Description
  • In 1814, William Barclay Foster (father of composer Stephen Foster) sold 30 acres of land , between today's 39th and 40th Streets, for $12,000 to the U.S. Government to erect the arsenal. The arsenal was designed by B. H. Latrobe. It served as a supply and manufacturing center for the troops in the west. On September 17, 1862, an explosion struck the Allegheny Arsenal. 78 people, mostly young girls, were killed.The explosion is recognized as the worst civilian disaster of the Civil War.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    photographic prints
    gelatin silver prints
  • Subject
  • Buildings--Design and construction
    Allegheny Arsenal (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • University of Pittsburgh Historic 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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