H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant from Armstrong Cork

1913

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H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant from Armstrong Cork
  • Title
  • H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant from Armstrong Cork
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B017.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B017.I04
  • Description
  • The H.J. Heinz Company main plant with Herr’s Dam (foreground) from across the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh’s Strip District neighborhood. H.J. Heinz Company was founded in 1869 by Henry John Heinz (1844-1919). By the early twentieth century, the main plant had grown to a group of buildings covering ten city blocks and comprising 50 acres of floor space. 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.)
    Herr’s Dam (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Food industry and trade--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Dams--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Food processing plants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
  • 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