H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant and North Side

1900/1970

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H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant and North Side
  • Title
  • H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant and North Side
  • Creator
  • Ezra Stoller
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B005.F10.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B005.F10.I01
  • Description
  • A view of the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh with the H.J. Heinz Company main plant across the Allegheny River. The H.J. Heinz Company was founded in 1869 by Henry John Heinz (1844-1919). By the early twentieth century, the main plant had grown to a group of buildings covering ten city blocks and comprising 50 acres of floor space. By 1919 the H.J. Heinz Company had over 6500 employees, 25 branch factories, 85 salting stations, 53 tomato receiving stations, and 111 pickle receiving stations. Business continued to prosper overseas in England and elsewhere in Europe. By 1995 H.J. Heinz Company’s global sales were over $8 billion with almost half coming from its overseas operations and seventy-five percent from non-Heinz brand products. In the left center spanning the Allegheny River is the Sixteenth Street Bridge, built in 1923. The tall building in the background is Allegheny General Hospital.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Sixteenth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Strip District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
  • Source
  • H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. 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. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center