Hump Cut

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40-ton shovel in the hump cut at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Grant Street. Behind the shovel, the Union Savings Bank is visible housed inside the Frick Building. The Frick Building was built in 1902 next to a building owned by Andrew Carnegie; it is rumored that the two men feuded after splitting as business partners and so Frick had his building built taller in order to cast Carnegie's in constant shadow. At the time of its construction, Henry Clay Frick's personal shower on the nineteenth floor of the Frick Building was the highest shower in use.
June 3rd, 1912
Location
Downtown
Address
Fifth 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
Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Excavation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Blue collar workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Steam shovels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Pedestrians--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Identifier
715.12F.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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