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Pittsburgh history
General john forbes names the area near fort duquesne "PITTSBURGH" after william pitt elder -
pittsburgh history
pittsburgh is incorpated as a town -
Pittsburgh history
Pittsburgh is incorrpated as bourgh -
Pittsburgh history
pittsburgh incorriated as a city -
pittsburgh history
Andrew william mellon became head of T. mellon and sons bank him and his brother Richard B. coal,coke,steel,aluminum,oil,railrads,devolplupt one of the greatest finalial empires -
Pittsburgh history
united states borad on geographic names desingnates the city as pittsburg -
pitsburgh history
due to protests the usbgn reverses its decesion and city becomes offically PITTSBURGH -
pittsburgh history
liberty tubes project completed in 1924 joespheh g armstrong and his two grandsons undid a ribbion to open the liberty bridge -
pittsburgh history
tubes project completed in 1924
joespheh G armstrong two grandsons un did a ribbion to open the liberity bridge -
pittsburgh history
in 1940 pittsburgh geared up to fight another war with mills expandimg and working around the clock to produce 95 million tons of steel -
pittsburgh history
1944 LST-750 financed entirely by $5 milion worth of extra war bounds bought by allenghy country residents was lauchend befroe a crowd of 25,000 people -
pittsburgh history
hill district 95 acres cleared for new buildings civic arena and high rise apartments led to declinc of hill district -
pittsburgh history
Gateway center old buildings torn down new buldings/sky scrappers replaceing them -
pittsburgh history
william steinburgh escaped germany conductor of nbc syothony perminit conductor -
pittsburgh history
greater pittsburgh airport in 1952 families watched the planes -
pittsburgh history
mellon square park public /private funding richard mellon and david larwence dedicatied it 5,000 people came to opening -
pittsburgh history
John cardnial wright served as bishop to pittsburgh elevated to cardinal by pope paul VI -
pittsburgh history
pirates won won world seris was aginst new york yankees bill mazerozski hit the winning homerun -
pittsburgh history
rachel carson silent spring which alerted world about the dangors of pesticides she gradutaed from chadham -
pittsburgh history
hill district $620,000 in property damage national called in to guard the streets -
pittsburgh history
walt harper he opened the attic night club market squrae used to play at crawford grill -
pittsburgh history
collective bargan steel industry union agreed not to strike when neotiong done by I.W. Abel union -
pittsburgh hitory
Robert C. Alberts described it in his own the shaping of a point book in 1980 -
pittsbrgh history
Penn hills chanegs in neighborhoods developed of subrubs