Old St. Clair (now 6th St.) Bridge

1860

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Old St. Clair (now 6th St.) Bridge
  • Title
  • Old St. Clair (now 6th St.) Bridge
  • Date
  • 1860
  • Identifier
  • DARIMG1931
  • Description
  • The 6th Street Bridge seen here was designed by John A. (Augustus) Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. According to Walter Kidney, it was the third and final bridge Roebling built in Pittsburgh. The bridge stood at this location from 1857 to 1892. Toll booths at one time collected as much as two cents per man, woman, and child that crossed. This was reduced to one cent per man, with women and children free. A family would pay $4 for a year.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
    postcards
  • Subject
  • Bridges
    Rivers
    Horses
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Central Business District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
  • Source
  • DARIMAGE
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Darlington Digital Library
  • 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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