The
history of the
South Side of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, begins with a grant of land in 1763. Here the area located at the confluence of the
Monongahela (foreground) and
Allegheny (background) Rivers is depicted in 1871, with what was then known as Birmingham in the right foreground and Allegheny in the distance on the left. The following year four boroughs (South Pittsburgh, Birmingham, East Birmingham, and Ormsby) were annexed into the City of Pittsburgh, and are now known collectively as the
South Side.
Lithograph: Otto Krebs, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Restoration: Adam Cuerden