Forty Ton Shovel

40-ton steam shovel cutting the hump cut at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Grant Street. Please see, Frederick Law Olmstead, Pittsburgh Main Thoroughfares and the Down Town District: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?c=pitttext&view=toc&idno=00aep1324m for more information.

June 3rd, 1912

Location

Downtown

Address

Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection

More Details

Source

Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Original URL

Subjects

Excavation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Blue collar workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Steam shovels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Pedestrians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Fifth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

Identifier

715.12P.CP

Rights

Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose

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