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The Allegheny County Park Rangers also offer a wide variety of environmental education programs. Beginning in the 1930s, South Park was used as the county fairgrounds and for more than thirty years attracted a half million people each season. By the late 1960s, farming in the county had declined and the fair was discontinued in 1971.
In the 1930s, Allegheny County acquired several large parcels of farm land mostly within Snowden Township and created a regional recreational area named South Park. The huge success of South Park, and the fact the facility occupies roughly one-third of the community's total area, eventually prompted a 1966 referendum in which the township was ...
Allegheny County Fairgrounds located in South Park in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, was acquired and designed for use in 1927 by the Allegheny County Department of Parks. Beginning in 1932, this was the location of the Allegheny County Fair. It was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2009. [1]
#2 Three Young Boys Sit In A Wagon In A Pittsburgh Neighborhood Street, 1920-1930. Image credits: ... #24 King George Vi Bursting With Excitement On A Theme Park Ride - 1930s. ... 1930. Image ...
South Park: South Park Township: 2009 Allegheny County Jail (now Family Court Facility, County Court of Common Pleas) 1886 Henry Hobson Richardson: Ross Street and Fifth Avenue Downtown 1968 Allegheny General Hospital (1930 part) 1928–1930 York & Sawyer: East North and Cedar Avenues Central North Side 2002
Luna Park: Pittsburgh: 1905–1909 Luna Park: Scranton: 1906–1916 Maple Grove Park Pittsburgh: Mapleview Park Canonsburg: 1928–1936 [73] Mount Holly Park: Mount Holly Springs: 1901–1928 Nay Aug Park: Scranton: 1931–1990s [74] Northern Electric Park Clarks Summit: 1908–1925 A fire destroyed the major attractions in the park [75 ...
General James O'Hara and Major Isaac Craig, the pioneers of the glass industry in Pittsburgh, opened the first glass factory in the county in South Side, near the present-day Duquesne Incline parking area. By the early-to-mid 19th century, South Side was known as the center of glass industry in the United States of America. In 1876, there were ...
1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; Pages in category "1931 establishments in Pennsylvania" ... South Park (Pittsburgh) T. Titusville Area High School; Turkey ...