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A recent playful take on the final -h of Pittsburgh appears in the name of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority's brand of bottled water: PGH 2 O, which is a portmanteau of the abbreviation PGH and the chemical name for water, H 2 O. [29] "Da 'Burgh" or "Da Burgh" is a local and affectionate nickname for the city.
Forging a Majority: The Formation of the Republican Party in Pittsburgh, 1848-18 (1969). Ingham, John N. Making Iron and Steel: Independent Mills in Pittsburgh, 1820–1920. Ohio State U. Press, 1991. 297 pp. Kleinberg, S. J. The Shadow of the Mills: Working-Class Families in Pittsburgh, 1870–1907. U. of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. 414 pp.
Pittsburgh (/ ˈ p ɪ t s b ɜːr ɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census.
The Allegheny baseball team (the later-named Pittsburgh Pirates) is established and begins play in the American Association. Historical Society of Pittsburg and Western Pa. [27] formed. 1883 Smithfield Street Bridge opens. 1884 Evening Penny Press newspaper begins publication. [7]
Pittsburgh in 1920. Unlike his predecessor "Joe the builder", Babcock's administration had little time to implement much policy, they were too busy dealing with the triple threat of a massive steel strike that created much social dissension and unrest, the 1918-1919 flu pandemic that hit Pittsburgh especially hard, all this while at the family dinner tables and company lunch rooms around the ...
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The remainder was named Forbes Street in honor of John Forbes (1707–1759), [1] whose expedition recaptured Fort Duquesne and who renamed the place Pittsburgh in 1758. In 1958 during the administration of Mayor David L. Lawrence , Diamond Street and Forbes Street were renamed and combined as Forbes Avenue.
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