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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BAK_the-biergarten_Pittsburgh-PA.html
You are now standing in the Biergarten. Originally, this served as the area where horse-drawn carriages would drop off and pick up beer barrels. Look up at the windows and notice the remnants of iron hinges where shutters once hung, as well as bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BAJ_e-o-brewery_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Eberhardt & Ober Brewing Co. brewed beers in accordance with the German beer purity law. Current home of Penn Brewery.
16. E & O Brewery
800 Vinial Street
-1884-
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BAH_the-lagering-caves_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Before refrigeration became commonplace, breweries chilled, or "lagered" their beer in deep tunnel or caves. The entire hillside behind Penn Brewery is riddled with an extensive network of lagering caves. Refrigeration was not introduced at the si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VP6_st-nicholas-church-and-mala-jaska-historical_Pittsburgh-PA.html
About 500 feet northeast of this site, St. Nicholas Church was located in an area that was once the heart of a large Croatian community called Mala Jaska.
Croatian immigrants began settling in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh's North Side) in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VON_herrs-island-historical_Pittsburgh-PA.html
This island was known as Herr's Island for over 200 years. Named for Benjamin Herr, a Swiss Mennonite, the island became an idyllic village with fruit trees and gardens. Herr operated a water-powered mill in the back channel as packet boats floate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VMF_the-thomas-carlins-sons-foundry-historical_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Have you ever stopped to notice a manhole cover in Carnegie? Or wondered who made repair parts for train locomotives? Or tried to invent a pair of mechanized scissors? The Thomas Carlin's Sons Foundry did! They manufactured these items and many mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VM4_31st-street-bridge-historical_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Moving river cargo along the Allegheny was difficult when low bridges prevented large boats from passing through. The 30th Street Bridge was the last obstruction on the Allegheny that interfered with river commerce. When replaced in 1928, the new …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VM3_perrys-hall-historical_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Perry Homestead Loan & Trust Company was constructed in the Classical Revival Style. Fraternal lodges and organizations were hosted on the 3rd floor; 1st floor contained a grocery store, meat market, and bicycle shop.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8F_mala-jaska_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Between 1890 and 1910, the highway corridor where you are now standing developed into a Croatian community known as "Mala Jaska" (or Little Jastrebarsko), after the town from which many of the immigrants came. The area was initially settled by Ger…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8D_our-lady-of-lourdes-grotto_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes
In 1858 Bernadette Soubirous, a peasant girl of fourteen, reported to have witnessed apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a grotto at Lourdes, France. The figure led Bernadette to a source of a spring, instruc…