Beginning stages of Three Rivers Stadium Construction

1968

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Beginning stages of Three Rivers Stadium Construction

Title
Beginning stages of Three Rivers Stadium Construction
Creator
Lois M. Weissflog
Identifier
MSP285.B022.F06.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B022.F06.I01
Description
A view of the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh from downtown Pittsburgh. In the left center background is Three Rivers Stadium in its initial stages of construction along with the Joseph Horne Warehouse being razed behind it. Construction of the stadium began on April 25, 1968, and it opened on July 16, 1970. In the center of the photograph is the Allegheny River with (from right to left) the Seventh Street Bridge, Sixth Street Bridge (Roberto Clemente Bridge), the Fort Duquesne Bridge, the Manchester Bridge, and the West End Bridge.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Seventh Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Sixth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Roberto Clemente Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Fort Duquesne Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Manchester Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
West End Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Joseph Horne Warehouse (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
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