PITTSBURGH HISTORY

UNDAUNTED

UNDAUNTED Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory: Filmed by Dan Hanley Ph.D., Executive Producer William Peduto, Original Music score, Scott Michael Burns. UNDAUNTED: THE FORGOTTEN GIANTS OF THE ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY tells the true but largely forgotten story of the scientific pioneers behind early aviation and the founding of astrophysics. Samuel Pierpont Langley, John […]

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FIRST GASOLINE STATION

First Gas Station In 1913 the first automobile service station, built by Gulf Refining Company, opened in Pittsburgh at Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in East Liberty. It was designed by J. H.Giesey. Prior to the construction of the first Gulf station in Pittsburgh and the countless filling stations that followed throughout the United

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