View of the regrading and repaving of Water Street, looking northwest from Liberty Avenue toward the Point. The freight train on the left belongs to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. A trolley car on the approach to the Point Bridge across the Monongahela River is visible in the background.
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Streets--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Maintenance and repair.; Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Blue collar workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Street lighting--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Trolley cars--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Bridges--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Horse-drawn vehicles--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Railroad trains--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Point Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Water Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.).; Downtown (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
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715.133223.CP
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Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
Here's another reference to Water Street. It intersected Liberty and also Smithfield Street, Wood Street, Market St, so clearly it was along the river: https://books.google.com/books?id=0...
Water Street was replaced by the Penn Lincoln Parkway. See: http://pghbridges.com/tours/tour_pk...
Here's another reference to Water Street. It intersected Liberty and also Smithfield Street, Wood Street, Market St, so clearly it was along the river: https://books.google.com/books?id=0...
Info about the bridge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point...
A map showing the intersection of Water St and Penn ave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point...