View of the Monongahela Wharf and the surrounding area, as seen from Water Street, showing period automobiles, trucks being unloaded, and a popular tourist boat advertising "7 day all expense river excursion" trips for $35. The Wabash Bridge, prominent in this image, crossed the Monongahela from downtown to Mount Washington between 1908 and 1948. The 1,504 foot cantilevered span was built by the Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company.
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Monongahela Wharf (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Wharves--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Monongahela River (W.Va. and Pa.).; Automobiles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.;_x000D_
Wabash Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Water Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Boats and boating--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Identifier
715.3216542.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
The Wabash Bridge piers are still there.