Pittsburgh Gallery

'South Pittsburg and Alleghany City', 1874. Creator: W.H. Morse

'South Pittsburg and Alleghany City', 1874. Views of river traffic on the Ohio at Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Coal barges bring fuel for the many steel foundries and factories. The Allegheny City municipality existed from 1788 until it was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. II, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1874]

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Blast Furnace

Smoke billows from a blast furnace at a plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, circa 1930. Pittsburgh was long noted for its steel industry, which waned towards the end of the 20th century. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Bird's-eye view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

A bird's-eye view of the industrial city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The scene is dominated by the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, which join here to form the Ohio River. Railways, ships and bridges are much in evidence. Date: circa 1895

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