Bridge of Sighs

1889

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Bridge of Sighs
  • Title
  • Bridge of Sighs
  • Creator
  • James Benney III
  • Identifier
  • PSS20.B001.F18.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • PSS20.B001.F18.I04
  • Description
  • The Bridge of Sighs, the connecting arch over Ross Street between the Allegheny County Courthouse and the Jail. Detainees were transferred from the jail through the archway to courtrooms in the courthouse for hearings and trails. The Allegheny County Courthouse, designed by Brookline, Massachusetts, architect H.H. Richardson in the Romanesque style, was built between 1884 and 1888.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bridge of Sighs (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • James Benney (III) Photographs, 1888-1889, PSS 20, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • James Benney Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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