Southside Slopes Neighborhood (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

USA / Pennsylvania / Mount Oliver / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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In 1763, King George III of England granted John Ormsby, a soldier in the French and Indian War as well as the alleged first settler of Pittsburgh, 2,400 acres of land along the southern banks of the Monongahela River. Ormsby divided the land into four boroughs - South Pittsburgh, Birmingham, Ormsby, and East Birmingham, which is present day South Side Slopes. South Side expanded and grew in order to keep up with Pittsburgh's industrial boom, adopting the nickname "Workshop of the World". The industry of glass-making was predominant in the early 1800s, and later the banks of the Monongahela River became home to the iron and steel operations run by the company J&L Steel.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southside_Slopes_(Pittsburgh)
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Coordinates:   40°25'24"N   79°58'49"W
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