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Boating on the Allegheny River

1964

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Boating on the Allegheny River
  • Title
  • Boating on the Allegheny River
  • Creator
  • Richard A. Johnston
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B020.F08.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B020.F08.I03
  • Description
  • Over the years the Pittsburgh’s rivers had become polluted by drainage from coalmines, waste from industries lining the riverbanks, and sewage. Shortly after World War II, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority was established for the purpose of cleaning up the rivers. In 1956 under the Authority’s direction, construction was begun on a sewage disposal system to serve 68 municipalities in the county. As a result, the rivers are again being used for recreational purposes, including boating.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gateway Towers (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    State Office Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Gateway Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Boats--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Portal Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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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