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Flooding on the Allegheny River

1964-03

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Flooding on the Allegheny River
  • Title
  • Flooding on the Allegheny River
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B007.F03.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B007.F03.I01
  • Description
  • Over the years the H.J. Heinz Company plant has been flooded when waters of the Allegheny River have risen. Like most properties near the rivers in Pittsburgh, the plant was seriously flooded during the disastrous flood of 1936. The main plant, shown here in the lower right corner of the photograph, has been protected from the worst flooding situations in recent years by the flood control system on the upper Allegheny River. This photograph taken in March of 1964 shows floodwaters inching dangerously close to the main plant.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    Sixteenth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pittsburgh (Pa.).--Flood, 1964.
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • 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