Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham, 1871 panoramic bird's-eye view – Historic Map Reproduction
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham, 1871 panoramic bird's-eye view comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham, 1871 panoramic bird's-eye view
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Three separate municipalities share this view: Pittsburgh on the point, Allegheny City across the Allegheny River, and Birmingham on the south bank of the Monongahela. Their meeting at the confluence that forms the Ohio River is the central fact of the print. Bird's-eye views like this were popular in the 1870s because they let viewers take in a whole industrial city at once, with its streets, rivers, and rail lines laid out in one sweeping perspective. In 1871 the three places were still distinct towns, and the print shows them as they were before Birmingham was absorbed into Pittsburgh in 1872 and Allegheny City followed in 1907.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,024 × 472 px |
| Reference | PA Pittsburgh 1871 |
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