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H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant from Troy Hill

1916

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H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant from Troy Hill
  • Title
  • H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant from Troy Hill
  • Identifier
  • MSP57.B021.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP57.B021.I04
  • Description
  • The H.J. Heinz Company Main Plant (center) on the north shore of the Allegheny River (left center), between the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, opposite downtown Pittsburgh (center background). The 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 complex included preserving kitchens, bottling and packing departments, a box factory with automatic nailing machines, a can factory, and horse stables.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • H.J. Heinz Company.
    Smoky City (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Troy Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
    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