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H.J. Heinz Main Plant from the 16th Street Bridge

1946/1950

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H.J. Heinz Main Plant from the 16th Street Bridge
  • Title
  • H.J. Heinz Main Plant from the 16th Street Bridge
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B005.F07.I10
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B005.F07.I10
  • Description
  • The H.J. Heinz Company main plant on Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood as seen from the Sixteenth Street Bridge. The H.J. Heinz Company originated up the Allegheny River in the town of Sharpsburg, but soon outgrew that space in 1890. Construction of buildings in the new plant complex (pictured here) began and were completed in 1898. The new plant became known as “The House of the 57 Varieties.”
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Food industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Sixteenth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • H.J. Heinz Company, Photographs, 1864-1991, MSP 57, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • H.J. Heinz Company Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • In Copyright. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).. Rights Holder: Senator John Heinz History Center
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  • Rights Holder
  • Senator John Heinz History Center