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Interchange between PRCo and Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway from 1907 until 1931. PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for PA Route 28) [3] 3 Millvale: by 1915 [1] Sep 2, 1952 [2] PCC from 1938, closed (state took land for PA 28 as with the 2) [3] 4 Troy Hill: by 1915 [1] Jul 7, 1957 [2] Loop was in Troy Hill at Lowrie and Roessler Streets.
Sphagnum palustre (Syn. Sphagnum cymbifolium), the prairie sphagnum [1] or blunt-leaved bogmoss, [2] is a species of peat moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the family Sphagnaceae. Like other mosses of this type it can soak up water up to the 30-fold amount of its own dry weight thanks to its elastic spiral fibers.
Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species [2] [3] of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat). Accumulations of Sphagnum can store water, since both living and dead plants can hold large quantities of water inside their cells; plants may hold 16 ...
Sphagnum fuscum, the rusty bogmoss [1] or rusty peat moss, is a peat moss found commonly in Norway and Sweden, and can be found scattered across North America, the United Kingdom, and in southern to eastern Europe.
South Side Flats: Freyburg Street near 12th Street South Side Slopes: Warrington Avenue near Mount Oliver Street Pittsburgh Railways (Mount Oliver Incline Railway) Norwood Incline: 1901 1923 Island Avenue Norwood Place Nunnery Hill Incline: 1888 1895 Fineview: Federal Street near Henderson Street Fineview: Meadville Street near Catoma Street
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In 1884, German-American Henry J. Heinz purchased several lots on the north bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh. [6] From 1888 through 1906, approximately twenty buildings were built or purchased, mostly of wood and beam construction. [7] From 1906 through 1930, new buildings in the complex were made of steel and concrete instead of wood.
The National Aviary began as part of the Pittsburgh Aviary-Conservatory, built by the city in 1952 on the site of the former North Side Conservatory. Initially consisting of a single structure of 3,640 square feet, a 1967 expansion increased space to 25,000 square feet, including the "wetlands room". [ 13 ]