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The Point

1896

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The Point
  • Title
  • The Point
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F06.I02
  • Source 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.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • 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.)
  • 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
  • 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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