Future Three Rivers Stadium Site

1963-10-25

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Future Three Rivers Stadium Site
  • Title
  • Future Three Rivers Stadium Site
  • Creator
  • James McClain
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F07.I02
  • Description
  • The scrap yard of the W.F. Wimmer Company on Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood. During the late 1960s the W.F. Wimmer facility (pictured here) was razed along with another scrap yard to make way for the new Three Rivers Stadium. Three Rivers Stadium was located on an 84-acre tract on the banks of the Allegheny River that sat almost precisely on the site of Exposition Park, which housed the Pirates for 19 years from 1891-1909. It also was the site of a Delaware Indian burial ground. Three Rivers Stadium opened on July 16, 1970, and cost $55 million. Its capacity was 47,971 for baseball games and 59,000 for football games. The last game was played at the stadium on October 1, 2000, and it was subsequently imploded on February 11, 2001. The tall white-bricked structure in the background is Allegheny General Hospital.
  • Subject
  • W. F. Wimmer Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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