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Allegheny Observatory

1935/1980

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Allegheny Observatory
  • Title
  • Allegheny Observatory
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F05.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B003.F05.I01
  • Description
  • Allegheny Observatory on Observatory Hill in Riverview Park in the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh was constructed in a mixed Classical style, which includes Greek Ionic columns and Roman balustrades. The structure houses several telescopes from various eras in the development of the science of astronomy and a columbarium containing the ashes of John Brashear and his wife. Brashear was an astronomer and maker of scientific instruments who was responsible for all equipment at the observatory. In 1915 he was named the Pennsylvania's “most distinguished man.”
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny Observatory (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Observatories--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Riverview 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
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