| Pittsburgh This article is about the city in Pennsylvania. For the region, see Pittsburgh metropolitan area. For other uses, see Pittsburgh (disambiguation).Pittsburgh (, originally Pittsburgh
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| List of books banned by governments Talk:List_of_books_banned_by_governments
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| Steamboat steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels. The term steamboat is usually used to refer to smaller steam-powered boats working on lakes and rivers, particularly riverboats; steamship generally refers to larger steam-powered ships, usually ocean-going, capable of carrying a (ship's) boat. The term steamwheeler is archaic and rarely used. Steamboat
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| Hill District The Hill District is a collection of neighborhoods that was once considered by many to be the cultural center of African-American life in in the United States. Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay once called the district "the crossroads of the world," referring to the neighborhood's heyday in the 1930sā1950s. Hill_District
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| Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its Main Branch is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city. Like hundreds of other Carnegie libraries, the construction of the main library, which opened in 1895, and several neighborhood branches, was funded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie_Library_of_Pittsburgh
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| Veterans Health Administration The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that implements the medical assistance program of the VA through the administration and operation of numerous VA outpatient clinics, hospitals, medical centers and longterm healthcare facilities (i.e., Veterans_Health_Administration
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| Allegheny, Pennsylvania There is also Allegheny County and several Allegheny Townships in Pennsylvania.Allegheny City (1788Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh. It was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907. The area today is known as the North Side of Pittsburgh, and its waterfront district, along the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, as the North Shore. Allegheny,_Pennsylvania
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| PPG Place PPG Place is a complex in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania consisting of six buildings within three city blocks and five and a half acres. Named for its main tenant, PPG Industries who initiated the project for its headquarters, the buildings are all of matching glass design consisting of 19,750 pieces of glass. PPG_Place
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| Homewood (Pittsburgh) Homewood is a predominantly African-American area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania divided into three neighborhoodsWest Homewood, North Homewood, and South Homewood. Homewood is bordered on the southwest by the East Busway which follows an old railroad line in toward the city. The busway has brought new opportunities to Homewood, but creates a definite border which contributes to its decline. The neighborhood is bordered by hills on the northeast and east that also have a similar effect. Homewood_(Pittsburgh)
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| Pghbridges.com Pghbridges.com is a reference site created by Bruce S. Cridlebaugh. Formally titled, Bridges and Tunnels of Allegheny County and Pittsburgh, PA, pghbridges.com has information on many of the structures of the area. It includes detailed histories and photographs for hundreds of bridges, although since there are over 2000 bridges in the area (with a span of at least 6 feet), not all are included. Coverage is based on historical, architectural, or engineering significance. Pghbridges.com
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| Olivesburg, Ohio Olivesburg is a unincorporated community in northeastern Weller Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is on the bank of the Whetstone Creek, about two miles north of its junction with the Blackfork of the Mohican River. Olivesburg,_Ohio
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| Forbes Field Talk:Forbes_Field
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| Alfred L. Cralle Alfred L. Cralle (born September 4, 1866, died 1920) was an African-American from Virginia who became an inventor and businessman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best remembered for inventing the lever-operated ice cream scoop in 1897, a practical design still in wide use over 100 years later. Alfred_L._Cralle
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| Camp Shenango Camp Shenango was a World War II camp located in Western Pennsylvania which served as a holding point for trained soldiers awaiting deployment. In July 1943 the camp was the site of deliberate fratricide of black soldiers by white soldiers due to an incident where a black soldier attempted to buy beer from an army PX for whites only. The attack resulted in one fatality with another six men being injured, all of them black. Camp_Shenango
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| Black Coffee (2005 film) Black Coffee is a 2005 Canadian documentary film examining the complicated history of coffee and detailing its political, social and economic influence from the past to the present day.Coffee is the second most traded legal commodity in the world, surpassed by oil. However, only one cent of a $2 cup of coffee goes to the grower. This inequality has helped shape the history of continents and the Cold War. Black_Coffee_(2005_film)
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| Denisgay User_talk:Denisgay
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| List of German Americans This is a list of notable German Americans.German Americans (Deutschamerikaner) are citizens of the United States of ethnic German ancestry and form the largest ancestry group in the United States, accounting for 17% of US population. 1680s in New York and Pennsylvania. List_of_German_Americans
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| Allegheny Arsenal Allegheny Arsenal was an important supply and manufacturing center for the Union Army during the American Civil War and the site of the single largest civilian disaster during the war. Allegheny_Arsenal
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| List of brutalist structures Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. The following list provides numerous examples of this architectural style worldwide. List_of_brutalist_structures
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| Effie Louise Power Effie Louise Power (February 12, 1873 - October 8, 1969) was a trailblazer in the field of children's librarianship. She wore many hats throughout her careerCleveland, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh.ā In addition to the work she did in these urban cities, Power traveled across the country lecturing students and librarians on children and youth library services. Effie_Louise_Power
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