Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0338Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is two boys standing on a slope, below part of a city is seen, a bridge crosses over a river to another part of the city, multiple bridges cross the water at different points. Above the image "11" is printed, below the image "V23222 - Pittsburg from Mt. Washington. Showing Junction of the Alleghny., Mononguhela and Ohio Rivers." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwoof Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydeny, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23222
OVERLOOKING PITTSBURG
Lat. 40 (Degrees) N.; Long. 80 (Degrees) W.
In the year 1754 the British began to build a fort in Pennsylvania at the pont where the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers join to form the Ohio River. Before this fort was finished it was seized by the French and named Fort Duquesne. George Washington attempted to regain it the following summer. This was the beginning of the French and Indian War. At the end of the war the French withdrew from the territory. Fort Duquesne fell again into the hands of the English and was renamed Fort Pitt, after the great English statesman.
It is from this little settlement that the city of Pittsburgh has born, until at present it ranks among the ten largest citis of the United States. its location at the junction of the three rivers has been very favorable for the growth of a large city. It is now the leading city in the country for the manufacturing of iron and steel and is known as the "Iron City," and "The Workshop of the world." It is situated in the heart of the bituminous coal field, with vast supplies of petroleum and natural gas in its vicinity, and is accessible to great quantities of iron ore by both rail and water. This picture is taken from Mt. Washington at the unction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in forming the Ohio. In the "point" between the first two rivers was the old fort. near it still stands the block house, a five-sided brick structure, now in charge of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Traces may still be seen of the underground passage between it and the fort.
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