City-County Building

2710cp
View from the intersection of Diamond Street and Ross Street looking east toward Fisher Scientific taken from the roof of a building near the Allegheny County Jail and the Allegheny County Morgue. The Allegheny County Morgue, weighing in at 6,000 tons was physically moved by the Kress-Oravetz House Moving Company 32 feet to one side, back 267 feet, and lowered 15 feet from the location seen here to make room for the Allegheny County Office Building.
October 5th, 1927
Location
Downtown
Address
Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
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Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL
Subjects
Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Allegheny County Morgue (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Allegheny County Jail (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886.; Buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Design and construction.
Identifier
715.2710.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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