Water Street River Improvement

September 13, 1940

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Water Street River Improvement
  • Title
  • Water Street River Improvement
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 13, 1940
  • Identifier
  • 31735073048096_40-58485-0001
  • Source Identifier
  • 715.4058485.CP 
  • Description
  • Water Street river front improvements showing excavation and water pumping for wall section 40 to 45 looking west to the Point Bridge. This is the future home to what is known as Mon Wharf parking. A longtime commercial area in combination with Water Street which ran immediately above, the area was the landing point for commerce and trade. Water Street, which ran above the slopes of the wharf, was originally home to warehouses and office buildings. Once automobiles became popular, it also served as a parking area. Most of the wharf became submerged once the Ohio River dam was built.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Walls--Design and construction
    Excavation
    Waterfronts
    Rivers
    Bridges
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. 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.
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