https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11 Depiction of 1800s and 1900s city life en-us 2019-02-26 17:16:50 UTC 2023-02-23 15:17:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 20klemstineg https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335488159 Steel Mills in Pittsburgh produced many toxic chemicals and vapors into the air that made living in and around Pittsburgh both dangerous and unpleasant.]]> 2019-02-26 17:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335488159 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335491534 In 1860 the population of Pittsburgh was 49,221 but due to industrialization, the population increased by approximately 1,100% to 588,343 in 1920.]]> 2019-02-26 17:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335491534 https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335491626 2019-02-26 17:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335491626 20klemstineg https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335496459 Due to Pittsburgh location at the intersection of Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, It became a city that required the building of many bridges. The rivers also allowed for Pittsburgh's businesses, such as the steel industry, to export their products and grow in power.]]> 2019-02-26 17:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335496459 https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335497508 by Edgar Thomas Works]]> 2019-02-26 17:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335497508 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335499847 This is a picture of the 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates.]]> 2019-02-26 17:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335499847 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335970267 The street lights would turn on around noon because of the pollution from the steel mills.]]> 2019-02-27 16:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335970267 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335971179 Before 1938 when the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed children worked in the steel mills.]]> 2019-02-27 16:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335971179 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335972266 A typical steel worker would make 423 dollars per year. Much less than waiters who would make $520 and school teachers who would make $1,227.]]> 2019-02-27 16:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335972266 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335976708 A toilet without walls in the basement was created in Pittsburgh because steel workers needed to clean themselves up before entering their house. They were often very dirty.]]> 2019-02-27 16:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335976708 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335978838 Pittsburgh Steel workers were separated by their race and ethnicity.]]> 2019-02-27 16:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335978838 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335982469 The first theater in the world devoted exclusively to the exhibition of motion pictures was the 'Nickelodeon', which was opened by Harry Davis in an empty store at 433-435 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]> 2019-02-27 16:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335982469 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335985346 Pittsburgh is home to the first commercial radio station in the world, KDKA. The station began by broadcasting presidential election results on November 2, 1920]]> 2019-02-27 16:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335985346 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335987337 The Carnegie Museum of Art was the first Modern Art Museum in the world.]]> 2019-02-27 16:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335987337 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335990902 Forbes Field was the country’s first concrete and steel baseball stadium when it opened on June 30, 1909.]]> 2019-02-27 16:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335990902 20culleyj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335994254 The first gas station in the nation was opened at Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in East Liberty in 1913]]> 2019-02-27 16:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/335994254 20klemstineg https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336033604 Despite the economic strife of many common workers in the Gilded Age, several business leaders such as Andrew Carnegie built large and extravagant homes and mansions. ]]> 2019-02-27 17:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336033604 20matusj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336038001 Steel mills darken the sky over Pittsburgh in the late 1800s. It is a woodcut.]]> 2019-02-27 17:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336038001 20klemstineg https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336038635 Due to the low wages of factory workers in Pittsburgh's steel industry, many workers settled in low rent slums that were sub average for living conditions ]]> 2019-02-27 17:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336038635 20matusj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336039325 Made in the late 1800s]]> 2019-02-27 17:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336039325 20matusj https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336040053 In the 1800s to 1900s Pittsburgh was home to many inclines although only one remains today]]> 2019-02-27 17:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20culleyj/bz4t4szigb11/wish/336040053