The interior of the station was opulent, with arched ceilings and stained-glass details in the windows. The long exposure photograph captured the movement of people walking through the station.
Taken from downtown Pittsburgh, this photograph of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Depot also captures the Smithfield Street Bridge (foreground left) and Monongahela Incline (background right).
Constructed in 1898 as the passenger depot for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, today this historical Classical Revival building anchors the Station Square commercial district.
The interior of the station was opulent, with arched ceilings and stained-glass details in the windows. The long exposure photograph captured the movement of people walking through the station.
Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne were essential to both the French and English militaries during the French and Indian War. Situated where the Allegheny...
Today, you can still catch a train from Pittsburgh’s Union Station, though most of the building is now luxury rental apartments. But this beautiful...
In the early 19th century, glass- and ironworks began opening along the banks of the Monongahela River on Pittsburgh’s South Side. By the end of the...
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