View of the upper end of the revetment near the Filtered Water Reservoir during a flood. A revetment is a facing of stone, cement, sandbags, etc., as to protect a wall or a bank of earth.
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Subjects
Waterworks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Design and construction.; Retaining walls--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Design and construction.; Rivers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Floods--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.; Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.).; Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Identifier
715.071547.CP
Rights
Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
