Monongahela River Wharf Improvement

September 26, 1940

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Monongahela River Wharf Improvement
  • Title
  • Monongahela River Wharf Improvement
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • September 26, 1940
  • Identifier
  • 31735073048096_40-58558-0001
  • Source Identifier
  • 715.4058558.CP 
  • Description
  • Monongahela River Wharf improvement looking east from station 27+0 to the Smithfield Street Bridge showing progress on the sub-base and forms of the north 14 foot lane. 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. 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
  • Wharves--Maintenance and repair
    Streets--Design and construction
    Underpasses
    Rivers
  • 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
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