Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania) — Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The fort was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War, next to the site of Fort Duquesne. The French built Fort Duquesne in 1754, at the beginning… … Wikipedia
Fort Pitt Museum — Infobox historic area | name = Fort Pitt Museum, Pennsylvania, USA iucn category = caption = Map of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania showing the location of Fort Pitt Museum locator x = 24 locator y = 113 location = Pittsburgh, Allegheny County,… … Wikipedia
Fort Dix — Infobox Settlement official name = Pagename other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Military base* motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo size = mapsize … Wikipedia
Dahlgren gun — John A. Dahlgren standing next to a 50 pounder Dahlgren Rifle aboard the U.S.S. Pawnee, 1865 … Wikipedia
Pittsburgh in the American Civil War — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was a thriving and important city during the American Civil War, and provided a significant source of personnel, war materiel, armament, ammunition, and supplies to the Union Army. Situated at the confluence of the… … Wikipedia
History of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — For more than 10,000 years, Native Americans populated what is today the Pittsburgh region. Nearby Meadowcroft Rockshelter provides possible evidence of the oldest inhabitation of the Americas. The Greatest Journey, James Shreeve, National… … Wikipedia
Rodman gun — refers to a series of American Civil War era columbiads designed by Union artilleryman Thomas Jackson Rodman [ [http://www.cwartillery.org/afammen.html Thomas Jackson Rodman] , Confederate Artillerymen, The Civil War Artillery Page. Retrieved 12… … Wikipedia
Strip District — Infobox Pittsburgh neighborhood name = Strip District caption = The original Primanti Bros. in the Strip District locator population2000 = 266 latd = 40.450 longd = 79.985 area sqmi = 0.609The Strip District is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh,… … Wikipedia
William Metcalf (steel) — William Metcalf (1838 1909) was an American steel manufacturer. Metcalf was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, New York, in 1858. In 1860 65, he had charge of the manufacture of the heavy… … Wikipedia
Western Pennsylvania — consists of the western third of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Pittsburgh is the largest city in the region, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie,… … Wikipedia
