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Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal and Warehouse under Construction
1950-09-06
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Title
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal and Warehouse under Construction
Creator
A. Church Photographers
Identifier
MSP80.B001.F16.I03
Source Identifier
MSP80.B001.F16.I03
Description
Pennsylvania Railroad Company freight warehouses under construction between 12th and 16th Streets, and Liberty and Penn Avenues in Pittsburgh’s Strip District neighborhood. The 1700 foot long, 600,000 square-foot structures were designed by architects Larsen and Donnells. The fireproof freight warehouses consisted of one two-story and a one-story structure that contained 25 fire doors furnished by the Richard Wilcox Manufacturing Company. The general contractor on the project was the Trimble Company. In the background is the Penn Incline, also called the 17th Street Incline, which began operating in 1881 and ceased operation in 1953.
Subject
Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Terminal and Warehouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Warehouses--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Penn Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Strip District (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Penn Incline (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Buildings--Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Construction workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Steel framing (Building)--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
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Rights Holder
Senator John Heinz History Center