{"product_id":"old-map-of-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-by-usgs-1960-allegheny-monongahela-ohio-rivers","title":"Old Map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by USGS, 1960 – Allegheny, Monongahela \u0026 Ohio Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1961 using survey data from 1960, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Pittsburgh East” presents a finely observed portrait of Pittsburgh at a pivotal moment in its modern history. Drawn at the precise 1:24,000 scale, the map captures the city where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers meet to form the Ohio, a geographic convergence that made Pittsburgh one of America’s great industrial capitals. The downtown point, the Fort Pitt Bridge, and Point State Park anchor the composition, while the surrounding hills and river valleys reveal why the city developed as a dense, dramatic urban landscape. This is Pittsburgh not merely as a street plan, but as a living terrain of ridges, ravines, rail corridors, neighborhoods, and waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey brought to this map nearly a century of cartographic authority, precision, and public purpose. Founded in 1879, the USGS became the nation’s principal mapper of terrain, geology, water, and natural resources, producing maps indispensable to engineers, planners, scientists, and civic leaders. In “Pittsburgh East,” that institutional clarity is evident in the careful use of contour lines, hydrographic detail, and color-coded land use. Urban areas appear in red, parks and vegetation in green, and the city’s physical structure emerges with striking legibility. Rather than flattening Pittsburgh into a schematic grid, the USGS reveals the forces beneath the city: slope, elevation, drainage, transportation, and the constraints of topography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePittsburgh’s topographic drama is one of the map’s great pleasures. Mount Washington rises sharply above the river junction, its escarpment forming one of the most celebrated urban overlooks in the United States, while the Duquesne Incline speaks to the city’s ingenious adaptation to steep ground. Across the map, contour lines crowd and loosen, tracing the folded terrain that defines neighborhoods such as Squirrel Hill, Greenfield, Brookline, Carrick, and the Upper Hill District. Schenley Park appears as a broad green refuge amid the dense fabric of Oakland and surrounding districts, while Lake Elizabeth and other open spaces suggest the civic importance of recreation and landscape design in an otherwise highly engineered city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe neighborhoods shown on the map evoke Pittsburgh’s complex mid-century identity. Oakland, with its universities, museums, and hospitals, was already a center of learning and culture; Lawrenceville and the Strip District reflected industrial and commercial energy along river and rail corridors; East Liberty, Point Breeze, and Squirrel Hill illustrated the city’s residential expansion eastward. Hazelwood, South Side, Millvale, Baldwin, Versailles, and the West End reveal a wider metropolitan organism shaped by mills, bridges, streetcar lines, highways, slopes, and river crossings. Each district occupies a specific relationship to the terrain, and the map makes clear how Pittsburgh’s communities were molded by access to water, elevation, and the practical demands of movement through a difficult landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated during an era of transition, “Pittsburgh East” records the city after its long reign as a manufacturing powerhouse but before the full force of late twentieth-century deindustrialization and reinvention. In 1960, steel, rail, river traffic, and heavy industry still defined much of the region’s economy and atmosphere, even as urban renewal, highway construction, and environmental reform were beginning to reshape the city. Point State Park, the Fort Pitt Bridge, and the surrounding infrastructure hint at the Renaissance-era projects that sought to modernize Pittsburgh’s image and reconnect it to its rivers. The result is a richly layered historical document: a technical topographic map that also captures the geography of ambition, industry, adaptation, and civic transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePittsburgh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllegheny River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOhio River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Elizabeth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSchenley Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFort Pitt Bridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoint State Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSquirrel Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOakland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreenfield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHazelwood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Side\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLawrenceville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast Liberty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrip District\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrookline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpper Hill District\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaldwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest End\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonongahela River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuquesne Incline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoint Breeze\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarrick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVersailles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMillvale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1960 and published in 1961.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical topographical map at a scale of 1:24,000.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncorporates USGS survey data from 1960.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighlights Pittsburgh’s topography, landmarks, and major infrastructure, including the Ohio River and its tributaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses color to differentiate landforms and land uses, with red for urban areas and green for parks or vegetation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrates Pittsburgh’s hilly terrain with contour and elevation lines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects significant variations in elevation across the landscape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocuments Pittsburgh during a period of mid-20th-century industrial development and later transition away from manufacturing-based economies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepresents the USGS tradition of detailed mapping for geological research, land use planning, and resource management.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/it\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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