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1817 Changing Views of PirrsBURGH 1896
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OF INTEREST TO THE RESIDENTS OF MOUNT WASHINGTON May 28, 1870 1870 1872 1876 1877 April 14 , 1883 1883 1892 March 4 , 1904 December 1, 1904 March 15, 1907 October 1, 1907 October, 1907 July 4, 1911 September, 1923 February 4, 1928 March 27, 1928 July 17, 1928 May, 1929 May 11, 1931 1931 — Opening of Monongahela Incline. — First Mail Delivery on Mount Washington, although it was rural delivery by horse and buggy. — Mount Washington Borough was annexed to the City of Pittsburgh. — Opening of Duquesne Incline. —First Exhibition of Electric Lights in Pittsburgh — lights were strung around a dance pavillion in a grove on Duquesne Heights (Display by Mr. Ingold). — The first paper to service Mount Washington was the South Side Tribune. — Reading Room and Library Association established. (Mount Washington ' s first library on the site now occupied by South Hills Trust Company.) — Opening of Castle Shannon Incline for freight and passenger service. — First Edition of Mount Washington News published. — Completion of Railway Tunnels under Mt. Washington for Street Cars, providing street car transportation for the people of South Hills. It was cut through almost solid rock at a cost of $875,000.00 exclusive of track and overhead wire installations. The first route number to Mount Washington was car No. 213. — Shiloh Business District Between Post Office and Virginia Avenue Wiped out by Fire. — Opening of Mount Washington Post Office. — Population of Mount Washington and Duquesne Heights was 17,217; — Dedication of Olympia Park, which was to become another one of the many parks that are available to the citizens of Mount Washington. — Opening of Liberty Tubes through Mount Washington. — Last Entry in Saint Malachy ' s Records, this was shortly before the close of the mother parish from which St. Mary of the Mount started as a mission. — Opening of Liberty Bridge. —Dedication of the Mount Washington Roadway, now named P. J. McArdle Roadway, who was greatly responsible for its construction. — First Radio Concert at Olympia Park. —First Police Radio Station of Pittsburgh was put into operation from atop the Mt. Washington police station No. 9. —Record Attendance at Band Concerts and Community Sings at Olympia Park. September 20, 1932 —Establishment of Bus Route on Mount Washington.
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