Second Avenue Improvements

January 21, 1913

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Second Avenue Improvements
  • Title
  • Second Avenue Improvements
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • January 21, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 715.133138.CP
  • Description
  • A view of street improvements on Try Way at Greenough Street during the hump removal project, looking toward Second Avenue. Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotive 1477 rests on the tracks above and the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail can be seen in the near distance. The "hump" cut took place in the downtown area known as Grant's Hill. The project began with planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. Please see Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District for more information.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Streets--Maintenance and repair
    Railroad tracks
    Blue collar workers
    Steam locomotives
    Commercial buildings
    Alleys
    Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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