--=======4481742B======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-A4F781C; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mac, I just received a CD titled "History of Pittsburgh" by Sarah H. Killikelly, originally publich in Pgh in 1906. It backs up what you've been saying about the 5th Ward but it was printed after the 1876 Atlas. For the interest of others, I'll include some of the chronology listed for Pgh. 1813-14 Building of the Allegheny Arsenal 1816 Mar 8 Pgh incorporated as a city 1816 May or Pgh, Ebenezer Denny 1816 Bayardstown and Lawrenceville laid out. 1816 Charters granted for the first bridges over the Monongahela and Allegheny. 1817 259 factories and manufactories. 1818 Monongahela bridge opened 1819 Feb 18 Charter of Western University 1820 First Allegheny bridge opened 1820 Population, 7,248 1821 Gas found by cook and McClelland while boring for salt water, on Little Chartiers Creek, six miles from Washington, PA 1826 Bill authorizing the Pennsylvania Canal. 1827 Completion of the State Prison; cost $183,092 1828 Apr 14 Allegheny and Birmingham incorporated into boroughs 1828 Dec First waterworks went into operation 1829 Apr 23 The Northern Liberties became a borough. 1829 Nov 10 First canal boat entered Pgh, THREE years after the canal was authorized. Today is would take 20+ years! 1829 Dec 4 The city was divided into four wards, North, South, East, and West. 1830 Population of Pgh and environs, 22,461. Pgh tripled its population in 10 years! 1831 First steam ferry 1832 A sourge of cholera 1833-34 Legilature amended the city charter and the mayor was elected from the body of the people 1834 Apr 16 Completion of the canal from the coast (???) to Pgh 1835 Sep First common schools opened in Pgh 1837 The four wards of the city were denominated First, Second, Third, and fourth, and the Norther Liberties were incorporated as the Fifth Ward. This information on the location of the Fifth Ward is contradicted by the map from the 1876 Atlas of the County of Allegheny which shows the Fifth Ward to be south of Ross St, not east of 11th St. 1837 First fire Insurance Company of Pgh. Sounds like good timing to me! 1837 The Panic! 1837 Apr 5 City first lighted by gas. 1844 Second system of waterworks put into operation. 1845 GREAT FIRE!! fifty-six acres of Pgh consumed. 1846 First telegraphic communication with the east. 1847 Jan 1 First hospital "The Mercy" 1850 Population of Pgh proper, 46,601; including the suburbs (?), 55,583 1850 Value of Pgh manufactures, 50 million dollars 1851 Pgh and Ohio RR completed to Beaver; 1851 Jul 1 First locomotive, "The Salem," arrived by canal. --=======4481742B======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-A4F781C Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 --=======4481742B=======--
Al, I wonder if perhaps the ward numbers in Pittsburgh were reassigned after the 1870 census ??? That would account for the change of the 5th ward. Mac Al Lenkner wrote: > --=======4481742B======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-A4F781C; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Mac, > > I just received a CD titled "History of Pittsburgh" by Sarah H. Killikelly, > originally publich in Pgh in 1906. It backs up what you've been saying > about the 5th Ward but it was printed after the 1876 Atlas. For the > interest of others, I'll include some of the chronology listed for Pgh. > > 1813-14 Building of the Allegheny Arsenal > 1816 Mar 8 Pgh incorporated as a city > 1816 May or Pgh, Ebenezer Denny > 1816 Bayardstown and Lawrenceville laid out. > 1816 Charters granted for the first bridges over the Monongahela and > Allegheny. > 1817 259 factories and manufactories. > 1818 Monongahela bridge opened > 1819 Feb 18 Charter of Western University > 1820 First Allegheny bridge opened > 1820 Population, 7,248 > 1821 Gas found by cook and McClelland while boring for salt water, on > Little Chartiers Creek, six miles from Washington, PA > 1826 Bill authorizing the Pennsylvania Canal. > 1827 Completion of the State Prison; cost $183,092 > 1828 Apr 14 Allegheny and Birmingham incorporated into boroughs > 1828 Dec First waterworks went into operation > 1829 Apr 23 The Northern Liberties became a borough. > 1829 Nov 10 First canal boat entered Pgh, THREE years after the canal was > authorized. Today is would take 20+ years! > 1829 Dec 4 The city was divided into four wards, North, South, East, and West. > 1830 Population of Pgh and environs, 22,461. Pgh tripled its population > in 10 years! > 1831 First steam ferry > 1832 A sourge of cholera > 1833-34 Legilature amended the city charter and the mayor was elected from > the body of the people > 1834 Apr 16 Completion of the canal from the coast (???) to Pgh > 1835 Sep First common schools opened in Pgh > > 1837 The four wards of the city were denominated First, Second, Third, and > fourth, and the Norther Liberties were incorporated as the > Fifth Ward. This information on the location of the Fifth Ward is > contradicted by the map from the 1876 Atlas of the County of > Allegheny which shows the Fifth Ward to be south of Ross St, not east of > 11th St. > 1837 First fire Insurance Company of Pgh. Sounds like good timing to me! > 1837 The Panic! > 1837 Apr 5 City first lighted by gas. > 1844 Second system of waterworks put into operation. > 1845 GREAT FIRE!! fifty-six acres of Pgh consumed. > 1846 First telegraphic communication with the east. > 1847 Jan 1 First hospital "The Mercy" > 1850 Population of Pgh proper, 46,601; including the suburbs (?), 55,583 > 1850 Value of Pgh manufactures, 50 million dollars > 1851 Pgh and Ohio RR completed to Beaver; > 1851 Jul 1 First locomotive, "The Salem," arrived by canal. > > > > > --=======4481742B======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-A4F781C > Content-Disposition: inline > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 > > --=======4481742B=======-- > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > VISIT THE PITTSBURGH MRC AT: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bjsst3/Home.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >