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Flood at H.J. Heinz Main Plant

1913

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Flood at H.J. Heinz Main Plant
  • Title
  • Flood at H.J. Heinz Main Plant
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B017.I02
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B017.I02
  • Description
  • Progress Street looking west at the H.J. Heinz Company main plant in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood during a spring flood. Floods caused the loss of production and millions of dollars in revenue in the years before flood control. The administrators of the H.J. Heinz Company had long recognized the need for flood control on the upper Allegheny River to eliminate the damage caused by frequent flooding. Finally, in 1965, through the efforts of a flood control commission, the Kinzua flood control project on the upper Allegheny River was completed.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Flood, 1913.
    Progress Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Food processing plants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Floods--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • 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