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Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh Wool Company, 1230 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Occupying a historic former tannery in a part of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania once defined by the leather industry, the Pittsburgh Wool Company was the last operational wool pullery in the U.S.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N760
Survey number: HAER PA-572
Building/structure dates: 2000 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1884 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1954 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Callery, James
Pittsburgh Wool Company, Incorporated
Kumer, Roy
Kumer, Jeff
Lange, William
Stratman, John H
H. J. Heinz Company
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, sponsor
Sears, Hannah, transmitter
Rotenstein, David S, historian
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Location

Pittsburgh (Pa.)40.46050, -79.98223
Google Map of 40.4605012, -79.9822272
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Source

Library of Congress
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Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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