Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham, 1871 – Historic Map Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this antique map of Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham, 1871. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham, 1871
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This bird's-eye view shows Pittsburgh together with Allegheny and Birmingham, three separate municipalities that sat where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio. Panoramic maps like this one were drawn from an imagined elevated vantage point, so streets, rail lines, rivers and individual buildings appear in perspective. Allegheny City and Birmingham were independent boroughs in 1871 and were not yet part of Pittsburgh, which makes the map a useful snapshot of the region's industrial growth before the municipalities merged. Otto Krebs was one of the artists who produced such views for American cities in this period.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Creator | krebs, otto |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 5,927 × 2,743 px · prints to 20 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Pittsburgh, Allegheny & Birmingham |
| Reference | PA-Pittsburgh-1871 |
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