Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Terminal

1956-01-13

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Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Terminal
  • Title
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Terminal
  • Creator
  • Brady Stewart Studio, Inc.
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F15.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B022.F15.I01
  • Description
  • Caption on the back of the photograph reads, “View of Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Terminal showing new glass top platform shelters, part of a 27-million dollar modernization program. Scene at left is along Liberty Avenue where part of the new 5-million dollar Pitt Penn Terminal warehouse, which replaced facilities formerly located at the Point, can be seen.” This modernization program undertaken by the Pennsylvania Railroad included modernized sheds with wider platforms, a new terminal building, an exit to Thirteenth Street, escalators to the tracks, and a new bridge over Liberty Avenue. In the background the Penn Incline is visible. The Penn Incline, also called the 17th Street Incline, began operating in 1883 and handled 20-ton coal freight cars. It ceased operation in 1953. Bigelow Boulevard is visible in the right background.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Passenger Terminal (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Penn Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bigelow Boulevard (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Strip District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • 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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