Rising Main Avenue
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| Rising Main Avenue | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | Fineview |
| Origin of name | Rising water main from Howard Street Pumping Station |
Rising Main Avenue is named for the rising water main that leads from the pumping station on Howard Street at its base to a reservoir at the top. The Howard Street Pumping Station was completed in 1882[1] and originally pumped water to tanks on Lanark Street.[2] Today the water is pumped to the McNaugher Reservoir at the top of Lafayette Avenue.
This street appears as an unlabeled 30-foot street in John Hannah's 1882 plan of lots.[3] It is named Rising Main Street in the 1890 Hopkins atlas.[2] The name Rising Main Avenue was officially established by a Pittsburgh city ordinance in 1910.[4]
See also
- Main Street (disambiguation), for streets that have been named Main
References
- ↑ Department of Public Works, City of Pittsburgh. The City of Pittsburgh and Its Public Works. Pittsburgh Printing Co., Pittsburgh, 1916. Google Books xswNAAAAYAAJ; HathiTrust 100404339. [view source] public-works
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Real Estate Plat-Book of the City of Allegheny, vol. 2, plate 5. G. M. Hopkins & Co., Philadelphia, 1890. http://historicpittsburgh.org/maps-hopkins/1890-volume-2-plat-book-allegheny; included in the 1890 layer at Pittsburgh Historic Maps (https://esriurl.com/pittsburgh). [view source] hopkins-1890-allegheny-vol-2
- ↑ "Plan of lots situated on Warren St. 12th Ward City of Allegheny: Surveyed for John Hannah Esq." Laid out June 1882; recorded Nov. 17, 1882, Plan Book 6, p. 294. Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds 3779536. [view source] john-hannah-plan
- ↑ "An ordinance establishing the names of the avenues, streets, lanes and alleys in the City of Pittsburgh." Pittsburgh city ordinance, 1910, no. 716. Passed Mar. 31, 1910; approved Apr. 5, 1910. Ordinance Book 21, p. 359. In Municipal Record: Minutes of the Proceedings of the [Select and Common Councils] of the City of Pittsburgh for the Years 1909–1910, appendix, pp. 328–381, Devine & Co., Pittsburgh, 1910 (Google Books doQzAQAAMAAJ; HathiTrust uiug.30112108223832; Internet Archive Pghmunicipalrecord1909). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post, Apr. 29, 1910, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616256, 86616285, 86616314, 86616333, 86616343), and Apr. 30, pp. 12–16 (Newspapers.com 86616643, 86616672, 86616694, 86616726, 86616748). [view source] ordinance-1910-716
