Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Iron & Steel Photographic Collection

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Complementing the original Iron & Steel Collection, the Iron & Steel Photographic Collection features individual images of places and personalities intrinsic to Pittsburgh's development as the world's leading producer of iron and steel.  Photos include Titans of Industry such as Charles Schwab and Andrew Carnegie as well as mill workers, trainmen, secretaries, and Iron Puddlers. The collection also includes mill fronts, railroads and the factory floor.
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Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company .
Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company .
Riter-Conley Manufacturing Company Pictorial works., Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 6 x 7 cm.
Saltsburg, Pa. 1866
Saltsburg, Pa. 1866 graphic / Abram M. Brown, photographer.
Pennsylvania Railroad -- Pictorial works., Locomotives -- Pennsylvania -- Saltsburg -- Pictorial works., Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Saltsburg -- Pictorial works., Saltsburg (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Soho Hill, Pgh., Pa., 1917
Soho Hill, Pgh., Pa., 1917 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Dwellings -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Iron industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Soho mill district, Pgh., Pa
Soho mill district, Pgh., Pa / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company -- Pictorial works., Streets -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Iron industry and tradezPennsylvania -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Iron-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works., Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 12 cm.
Sylvester Critchlow
Sylvester Critchlow
Critchlow, Sylvester -- Pictorial works., Homestead Steel Works -- Employees -- Pictorial works., Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm.
Tank locomotive
Tank locomotive : built by Jeffersonville Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company, designed by Reuben Wells, master mechanic, completed in July 1868 / Abram Brown, photographer.
Jeffersonville, Madison, and Indianapolis Railroad Company -- Pictorial works., Locomotives United States -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Union Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Union Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Union Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Central High School (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial Works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- -- Pictorial Works., School buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial Works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial Works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. + 1 print (b&w ; 7 x 11 cm.)
Union Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Union Station, Pittsburgh, Pa. / Frank Bingaman, photographer.
Union Station (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Railroad stations -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
The Valley of Industry
The Valley of Industry
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air -- Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 10 x 13 cm
View of an unidentified Pittsburgh industrial plant
View of an unidentified Pittsburgh industrial plant, 1919 / photographer, H.C. Torrance.
Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Factories -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Air Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Spires Pictorial works., Church architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
View of Pittsburgh steel mill.
View of Pittsburgh steel mill from a distance
Steel-works -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works., Smoke -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Air -- Pollution -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Industrial chimneys -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Railroad cars -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Rivers -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works.
1 negative : film, black and white ; 10 x 13 cm
Views, 1890
Views, 1890
Central business districts -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Bridges -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Pictorial works., Golden Triangle (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Smithfield Street Bridge (Pittsburgh , Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Monongahela Wharf (Pittsburgh, Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) -- Pictorial works., Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
2 negatives : film, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.