Construction at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company

1951-03-22

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Construction at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company
  • Title
  • Construction at the Pittsburgh Brewing Company
  • Creator
  • A. Church Photographers
  • Identifier
  • MSP80.B002.F08.I04
  • Description
  • The Pittsburgh Brewing Company was originally founded by Edward Frauenheim as the Iron City Brewing Company in 1861. The company's headquarters moved to Liberty Avenue and 34th Street in 1866, its present location. On February 3, 1899, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company was officially formed from a merger between 21 Pennsylvania breweries, making it the third largest brewer in the United States at the time. During the prohibition era of the 1920s and early 1930s, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company produced soft drinks, ice cream, and a product known as “near beer.” As the breweries went out of fashion in the mid to late twentieth century, the Pittsburgh Brewing Company became one of forty breweries left in the United States. In 1995 the brewing company was purchased by the Keystone Brewing Company for the sum of $29.4 million.
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh Brewing Company.
    Lawrenceville (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Breweries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Steel framing (Building)--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Trimble Company Records
  • Rights Information
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