What to see in America . ainst FortDuquesne, the French blew up the fortifications and with-drew. A new fort was erected to which was given the nameof the British prime minister, Pitt. A blockhouse whichwas part of a later and larger Fort Pitt survives. The first railroad across the Alleghanies reached Pittsburgin 1847, and since then the citys development has beenrapid. It is an important gateway to the West, but thechief secret of its growth is its position in the center of aregion exceedingly rich in bituminous coal, iron, oil, andnatural gas. Indeed, much of this tributary district is aver
What to see in America . ainst FortDuquesne, the French blew up the fortifications and with-drew. A new fort was erected to which was given the nameof the British prime minister, Pitt. A blockhouse whichwas part of a later and larger Fort Pitt survives. The first railroad across the Alleghanies reached Pittsburgin 1847, and since then the citys development has beenrapid. It is an important gateway to the West, but thechief secret of its growth is its position in the center of aregion exceedingly rich in bituminous coal, iron, oil, andnatural gas. Indeed, much of this tributary district is averitable Black Country, full of coal-pits, coke-ovens,and smelting-furnaces. Pittsburgs situation has a gooddeal of natural beauty, with its rolling plateaus and the ^ _ _ rivers closely hemmed in by high hills or precipitousbluffs. But iron furnacesand factories extend formiles along the streams,and the city seldomemerges from its pall ofsmoke. Its right to becalled the Smoky CityA ( UAL liuLAKEu is vindicated not only by. Pennsylvania 125
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