Morrowfield Power Plant | Historic Pittsburgh

2021

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Title
Morrowfield Power Plant
Creator
Wilson, Helen (Member of the Squirrel Hill Historical Society)
Date
2021
Identifier
20230417-hpshhs-0046
Description
When the Squirrel Hill Theater was demolished in 2021, the power plant that provided central heating and refrigeration to all the buildings in the Thomas A. Watkins development around Forward and Murray Avenues was briefly exposed before a new building rose on the site of the theater. The openings were later sealed with concrete during construction of the new building. The massive smokestack for the power plant is on the right. The buildings on Maeburn Road behind the power plant are some of the 46 apartment buildings of various sizes Watkins built as part of his development. The Kraus Commons building on the far right was built in 2017-18 on the site of Poli restaurant.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Building sites
Buildings
Construction and demolition debris
Dwellings
Geographic Subjects
Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Contributor
Squirrel Hill Historical Society
Collection
Squirrel Hill Historical Society and Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Squirrel Hill Historical Society