Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress).The elevator is a rare surviving of Pittsburgh's grain processing industry.īuilding/structure dates: 1913 Initial Constructionīuilding/structure dates: 1928 Subsequent Workīuilding/structure dates: 1945 Subsequent Work The elevator continues to function using some machinery dating from the 1913-1945 buildings. In 1945, a second elevator was built adjacent to the earlier structure. A rail siding connected the structure to the Panhandle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Significance: The 1913 elevator replaced an earlier elevator on the same site and was the first concrete grain elevator in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania - Allegheny County - Pittsburgh Port Authority of Allegheny County, sponsor Louis RailwayĬhristine Davis Consultants, Incorporated, contractor Historic American Engineering Record, creator Stewart Company Grain Elevator, 16 West Carson Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA.
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