Allegheny Arsenal
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The Allegheny Arsenal, established in 1814, was an important supply and manufacturing center for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and the site of the single largest civilian disaster duri
Main gate of the arsenal around 1900
The powder magazine, built in 1814, is the oldest surviving arsenal building
Inscription on the monument in Allegheny Cemetery
Arsenal Park, part of the former arsenal site, including the surviving powder magazine (right), stone wall, and Pennsylvania state historical marker
Allegheny Cemetery
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Allegheny Cemetery is one of the largest and oldest burial grounds in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a historic rural cemetery.
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…rubble. Seventy-eight workers, mostly young women, were killed. Fifty-four bodies were unidentified, and were buried in a mass grave in the nearby Allegheny Cemetery. Among those killed were 15-year-old munitions assembler Catherine Burkhart, who lived at 184 38th Street, and 17-year-old Margaret Turney, who lived…
Allegheny Cemetery in 2008
The Butler Street entrance (1870 portion)
The 1848 portion of the Butler Street Gatehouse (located beside the 1870 portion of the Butler Street entrance shown in the above picture)
The Penn Avenue Gatehouse, built in 1887