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Construction at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company
1951-01-23
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Title
Construction at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company
Creator
A. Church Photographers
Identifier
MSP80.B002.F08.I03
Source Identifier
MSP80.B002.F08.I03
Description
The Pittsburgh Brewing Company was originally founded by Edward Frauenheim as the Iron City Brewing Company in 1861. The company's headquarters moved to Liberty Avenue and 34th Street in 1866, its present location. On February 3, 1899, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company was officially formed from a merger between 21 Pennsylvania breweries, making it the third largest brewer in the United States at the time. During the prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company produced soft drinks, ice cream, and a product known as “near beer.” As the breweries went out of fashion in the mid to late twentieth century, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company became one of forty breweries left in the United States. In 1995 the brewing company was purchased by the Keystone Brewing Company for the sum of $29.4 million.
Subject
Pittsburgh Brewing Company.
Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Cranes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Breweries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Source
Trimble Company Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP 80, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Trimble Company Records
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Senator John Heinz History Center