A view from the intersection of Diamond Street and Ross Street looking east toward Fisher Scientific taken from the roof of a building near the Allegheny County Jail and the Allegheny County Morgue. The Allegheny County Morgue, weighing in at 6,000 tons was physically moved by the Kress-Oravetz House Moving Company 32 feet to one side, back 267 feet, and lowered 15 feet from the location seen here to make room for the Allegheny County Office Building.‹
Old Allegheny County Jail

H. H. Richardson

Historical · Pittsburgh, United States · 1995

Photo: Pittsburgh City Photographer · 1927date Q · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 3000×2321

A view from the intersection of Diamond Street and Ross Street looking east toward Fisher Scientific taken from the roof of a building near the Allegheny County Jail and the Allegheny County Morgue. The Allegheny County Morgue, weighing in at 6,000 tons was physically moved by the Kress-Oravetz House Moving Company 32 feet to one side, back 267 feet, and lowered 15 feet from the location seen here to make room for the Allegheny County Office Building.

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