Philadelphia Company

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Hump cut progress at Sixth Avenue and Garland Alley in front of the Philadelphia Company, which resides in a building owned by the Consolidated Gas Company. The Philadelphia Company was organized in 1884 by inventor George Westinghouse after discovering a large reservoir of natural gas in his backyard on Thomas Boulevard n the North Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The Philadelphia Company expanded rapidly in the area, and it combined with a number of other companies to form the present-day Duquesne Light Company, one of the largest power producers in the United States. The "hump" cut took place in the downtown area known as Grant's Hill. The project began with planning in 1909 and ended with the final cut in 1913. It changed the gradient of Grant Street, Diamond Street, and Oliver, Fifth, Sixth, Webster and Wylie Avenues. 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 11th, 1913
Location
Downtown
Address
437 Sixth 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
Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Maintenance and repair.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Blue collar workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Garland Alley (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Sixth Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Identifier
715.131338.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
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