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The Point
1896
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Title
The Point
Creator
unknown
Identifier
MSP285.B012.F06.I02
Description
The Golden Triangle and the Point as seen from Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood. The bridge in the foreground spanning the Monongahela River is the first Point Bridge (1876-1927). The bridge on the left spanning the Allegheny River is the Union Bridge, which was built in 1875 and removed in 1907. The Union Bridge was the last wooden river crossing bridge to be built in Pittsburgh. It was constructed so low that it obstructed river traffic. By 1899, the bridge was the major cause for the Secretary of War to require all bridges on Pittsburgh’s rivers to be raised higher or replaced.
Subject
Point (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Union Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Barges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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