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Three Rivers Stadium Construction
1969
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Title
Three Rivers Stadium Construction
Creator
Levinson, Joel B.
Date
1969
Identifier
201501.06.020.10
Source Identifier
201501.06.020.10
Description
View looking from Point State Park to Three Rivers Stadium construction progress, looking north from Mount Washington. Three Rivers Stadium opened July 16, 1970 after multiple construction delays. It was home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pittsburgh (Pitt) Panthers and the Pittsburgh Maulers also briefly played at the stadium. Three Rivers Stadium hosted the first World Series night game in 1971. It played host to concert performances of the Grateful Dead, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band among others. The stadium was demolished February 11, 2001.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
slides (photographs)
Subject
Stadiums--Design and construction
Bridges
Rivers
Express highways
Three Rivers Stadium (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Geographic Subjects
South Shore (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Source
Joel B. Levinson Photographs, 1950-2006
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
Joel B. Levinson Photographs
Rights Information
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