Liberty Avenue

1951-07-08

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Liberty Avenue
  • Title
  • Liberty Avenue
  • Creator
  • A. Church Photographers
  • Identifier
  • MSP80.B001.F17.I03
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP80.B001.F17.I03
  • Description
  • Liberty Avenue with the Penn (17th Street) Incline in the background. The Penn Incline began operating in 1883 and handled 20-ton coal freight cars. It operated between the Hill District and Strip District neighborhoods of Pittsburgh and was possibly the largest incline ever built. Samuel Diescher, who immigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1866, designed the majority of heavy incline planes in the United States, including the Penn incline. Diescher introduced a successful pneumatic bumper, which acted as a safety device, during the construction of the Penn Incline. He also served as the designing engineer for operating the Ferris wheel, invented by George Ferris of Pittsburgh, at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. The Penn Incline ceased operation in 1953, shortly after this photograph was taken.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Strip District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Liberty Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Penn Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Cobblestones--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Trimble Company Photographs, 1924-1951, MSP 80, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Trimble Company Records
  • 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