Birmingham, Pittsburgh's South Side
Author : Arthur P. Ziegler
Publisher :
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Architecture
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Author : Arthur P. Ziegler
Publisher :
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Architecture
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Author : Stuart P. Boehmig
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2006-04-19
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439632723
In 1763, King George III granted 3,000 acres of bottomland on the south side of the Monongahela River to Maj. Gen. John Ormsby for his service in capturing Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. Just 100 years later, this flat river plain became the center of the Workplace of the World. Powerful industrial giants such as B. F. Jones, James Laughlin, and Henry W. Oliver were drawn to the area, making it the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Immigrants came in droves from Germany, Ireland, Scotland, England, and later from central and Eastern Europe. They crowded Carson Street with the sights and sounds of different languages, customs, and fashions. These were the people who made the steel and iron that built America. Pittsburghs South Side is their story, a story of glass factories, steel mills, incline planes, trolley cars, saloons, and the crowded row houses where they raised their families.
Author : Maryellen Kelly
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 1978*
Category : Architecture
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Author : Birmingham Foundation
Publisher :
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 1998
Category : South Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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Author : Donald Doherty
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 1467127809
Offering a panoramic view of present-day Pittsburgh, Monongahela and Duquesne Inclines attract pedestrians traveling from the river's shore to the top of Mount Washington. These inclines were completed in 1870 and 1877 by real estate speculators hoping to capitalize on undeveloped land at the top of "Coal Hill," a name given due to its many coal mines. Housing in the valleys and other low-lying areas could not accommodate the influx of new residents following the Civil War. Using technology perfected to haul coal from mines, the region's first inclined railroads, or funiculars, carried people and goods and formed a part of the Allegheny Portage Railroad. By 1900, inclines were an integral part of the city's identity. During the early decades of the 20th century, however, automobiles and trucks made access to Pittsburgh's hilltops relatively easy. Before the automobile, there were at least 15 inclines in Pittsburgh. Today, there are two: the Monongahela and Duquesne Inclines.
Author : Pennsylvania. Office of the Auditor General
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 1884
Category : Banks and banking
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Author : Pennsylvania
Publisher :
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 46,34 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Legislative journals
ISBN :
Author : Roy Lubove
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 14,86 MB
Release : 1996-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822971672
This volume traces the major decisions, events, programs, and personalities that transformed the city of Pittsburgh during its urban renewal project, which began in 1977. Roy Lubove demonstrates how the city showed united determination to attract high technology companies in an attempt to reverse the economic fallout from the decline of the local steel industry. Lubove also separates the successes from the failures, the good intentions from the actual results.
Author : J. Fred Lissfelt
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
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Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher :
Page : 1640 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
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