The story of Pittsburgh: The story of Pittsburgh

The story of Pittsburgh (Vol. 1, nr. 1)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831622688

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239721

Document type:: Volume

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 1

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919

Scope:: [ca. 6] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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mind the great victory of the world war, for it means the construction of a noble highway to be called the Boulevard of the Allies. Another roadway is to be carved on the side of Mount Washington, overlooking the Monongahela River. Other items include such useful and important measures as new sewer construction, development and improvement of parks and park roadways, extending the water supply system, extension of playgrounds and im- provements to city homes, hospitals and bridges. In this connection it is worth remembering that the assessed value of taxable property in the City of Pitts- burgh reaches the great total of $806,020,730, and that the city debt prior to the new bond issue, was $32,500,631. The purpose of these circulars is to cause a proper appreciation of the activities of Pittsburgh. To those who think of this city as an iron and steel center chiefly, the diversity of its interests will prove surprising. The products of this district are very numerous. The whole list is too long to enumerate, but a suggestion of the divers- ity of Pittsburgh’s products is seen in the following alpha- betical list to which we will refer again from time to time in future volumes we will issue: Air brakes, air compressors, artificial limbs, astronomical instruments, agricultural implements, acids, asbestos insul- ation, amusement novelties, briquetting machinery, broom sewing machines, butchers’ supplies, babbit metal, brass fittings, bath tubs, candy, coal, coke, conduits, cork, cigars, chemicals, chains, car couplers, cut gears, crucible steel, church lights and chandeliers, car-wheels, chow-chow, enameled ware, electrical equipment of every variety. filters, firebrick, fireproofing material, gas fixtures, hinges, hydraulic machinery, invalids’ chairs, iron pipe, ice making machinery, iron fabricating machinery, lubricating and other oils, light locomotives, lamp chimneys, lard, lifting jacks, lamps, malleable iron, mine cars, mining machinery, nails, nut-locks, nuts and bolts, oil filters, oleo oil, oil well supplies, table and ornamental glassware, plumbers’ sup- plies, pipe fittings, paints, pumps, pickles, pressed steel cars, pulleys, patent medicines, radium and vanadium products, railroad equipment of various kinds, rivets.

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