Quarry Street
| Quarry Street | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | South Side Slopes |
| Quarry Run Road (until 1887) | |
| Origin of name | Stream named Quarry Run |
Quarry Street appears in the 1872 Hopkins atlas, running mostly along the course of modern Saber Way to South 21st Street.[1] The northern end had appeared earlier, unlabeled, at the bottom edge of R. E. McGowin's 1852 map.[2]
An 1881 city ordinance establishing the names of all streets in Pittsburgh lists "Quarry street, from South Twenty-first street to South Eighteenth street, Twenty-seventh ward."[3]
The 1882 Hopkins atlas labels it Quarry Run Road.[4] The 1872 atlas shows that the road ran alongside a stream,[1] presumably named Quarry Run.
Quarry Street was officially opened in 1887 by a city ordinance that acknowledged the former name Quarry Run Road.[5]
Bob Regan includes "Quarry" in his "Streets of Pittsburgh" crossword puzzle, clued as "A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate."[6] Unfortunately this is just a dictionary definition of the word quarry and gives no particular information about the origin of the street name.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh, Allegheny, and the Adjoining Boroughs, p. 116. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1872. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1872-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1872 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1872
- ↑ R. E. McGowin. Map of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny and of the Boroughs of South-Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East-Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Duquesne & Manchester etc. Schuchman & Haunlein, Pittsburgh, 1852. https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/agdm/id/32269. [view source] mcgowin-1852
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of avenues, streets, lanes and alleys of the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1881, no. 33. Passed Feb. 28, 1881; approved Mar. 4, 1881. Ordinance Book 5, p. 212. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Pittsburgh, for the Year 1880, pp. 213–234 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1880). [view source] ordinance-1881-33
- ↑ Atlas of the Cities Pittsburgh and Allegheny, plate 25. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1882-atlas-pittsburgh-allegheny; 1882 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1882
- ↑ "An ordinance authorizing the opening of Quarry street, formerly known as Quarry Run Road, from South Twenty-first street to South Eighteenth street extension." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1887, no. 148. Passed Nov. 28, 1887; approved Dec. 9, 1887. Ordinance Book 6, p. 253. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Select Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1887–8, p. 396, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1887–1888 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1887) and Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Common Council of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1887–8, p. 298, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1887–1888 (Internet Archive pghmunicipalrecord1887). [view source] ordinance-1887-148
- ↑ Bob Regan. The Names of Pittsburgh: How the City, Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks and More Got Their Names, pp. 183–186. The Local History Company, Pittsburgh, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9770429-7-5. [view source] regan
