Pittsburgh Water Department

September 10, 1970

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Pittsburgh Water Department
  • Title
  • Pittsburgh Water Department
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 10, 1970
  • Identifier
  • 20190726-hpiasc-0110
  • Description
  • Tile mural representation of the City of Pittsburgh, highlighting water pumping stations, treatment facilities, and reservoirs operated by the Pittsburgh Water Department. Today it is operated by the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA). According to the PWSA website, the municipal authority was created in 1984 to oversee renovation of the city's water system. In 1994 the Pittsburgh Water Department was absorbed into the PWSA and in 1999 the PWSA took responsibility for Pittsburgh's sewer system as well.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Mural painting and decoration
    Walls
    Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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