Duquesne Gardens
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The Duquesne Gardens was the main sports arena located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the first half of the 20th century. Built in 1890, the building originally served as a trolley barn, before b
The Duquesne Gardens in the mid-1950s
Share of the Duquesne Traction Company, issued 23. November 1892
Exterior of the Garden c. 1909
Duquesne Garden hockey team, 1916
The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League was an originally amateur and later professional ice hockey league founded in 1896 and existing through 1909. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the league becam
Duquesne Gardens
…the Gardens was the home arena of several of Pittsburgh's historic sports teams, such as ice hockey's Pittsburgh Pirates and Pittsburgh Hornets. The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which was the first ice hockey league to openly hire and trade players, played all of its games at the Gardens. The arena was also the first hockey…
Interior of the Casino in 1895. This is the earliest known image of ice hockey in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 1901 WPHL Champions
The Pittsburgh Keystones, 1902 WPHL Champions
The Pittsburgh Professionals represented the city in the International Professional Hockey League, after the WPHL suspended operations in 1904