Herr's Island Bridge

February 20, 1939

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Herr's Island Bridge
  • Title
  • Herr's Island Bridge
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • February 20, 1939
  • Identifier
  • 715.3945398.CP
  • Description
  • Herr's Island Bridge. This bridge is one of the oldest surviving river bridges in the area and is now used for pedestrian traffic on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail. Herr's Island was renamed Washington's Landing when the City of Pittsburgh removed industrial waste left by a century of stockyards, meat-packing plants, warehouses, and oil refineries making the island habitable.
  • Extent
  • 8 x 10 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Bridges
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Herr's Island (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    West Penn Railroad Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
  • 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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