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Allied Chemical

January 15, 1971

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Allied Chemical
  • Title
  • Allied Chemical
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • January 15, 1971
  • Identifier
  • 715.71122423_02.CP
  • Description
  • Allied Chemical (today Honeywell since acquiring the company in 1999) Newell, Pa. Plant truck at the Pittsburgh Water Department Treatment Plant. The treatment plant was built in 1907. Prior to the construction of the water treatment plant, Pittsburgh had the highest rate of typhoid fever cases in the nation. In 1923, the treatment plant had the distinction of being the largest sand filtration plant in the world. 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
  • Trucks
    Tanks
  • 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
  • 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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