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Saw Mill Run Sewage
1950-10
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Title
Saw Mill Run Sewage
Creator
Clyde Hare
Identifier
MSP285.B015.F11.I03
Source Identifier
MSP285.B015.F11.I03
Description
Saw Mill Run Creek originates in Bethel Park and flows north for 9.6 miles where it enters the Ohio River less than a mile south of the Point in downtown Pittsburgh. Lots of tributaries feed into Saw Mill Run, including Little Saw Mill Run, which runs through the Banksville Road corridor until it intersects the main stream near the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Water samples taken from the steam in 2000 have determined that high concentrations of fecal coliform are still present in the stream, showing that water pollution still plagues Pittsburgh decades after this photograph was taken.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Saw Mill Run (Allegheny County, Pa.)
Rivers--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Sewage--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Water pollution--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
Rights Information
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