Making Industrial Pittsburgh Modern: Environment, Landscape, Transportation, Energy, and Planning

by Joel A. Tarr and Edward K. Muller

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Pittsburgh's explosive industrial and population growth between the mid-nineteenth century and the Great Depression required constant attention to city-building. Private, profit-oriented firms, often with government involvement, provided necessary transportation, energy resources, and suitable industrial and residential sites. Meeting these requirements in the region's challenging hilly topographical and riverine environment resulted in the dramatic...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:082294569X

ISBN13:9780822945697

Release Date:December 2019

Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press

Length:504 Pages

Weight:1.76 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"

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