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Lee's Panoramic View of the Grand Water Parade, On the Occasion of the Opening of the David Island Dam, October 7th, 1885.
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Lee's Panoramic View of the Grand Water Parade, On the Occasion of the Opening of the David Island Dam, October 7th, 1885.

Object number86.1.52 a,b
Copyright holder
Date1886
MediumPaper, ink
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionLithograph, Panoramic View of the opening of the Davis Island Dam, on the Ohio River, showing many riverboats which are numbered and identified via the key at the bottom. At the lower left, inset in oval shows sidewheeler The Geneva with Chamber of Commerce banner. At the far right is the Smithfield Street Bridge.Dimensions11 x 34.75 in. (27.9 x 88.3 cm)
InscriptionsPrinted black text along bottom "Allegheny, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. / LEE'S / PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE GRAND WATER PARADE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE DAVIS ISLAND DAM, OCTOBER 7th, 1885."

Below this text is black printed text, generally from left to right, top to bottom, in sections: "1. Geneva, Flag Ship. / 2. C. W. Batchelor and Adam Jacobs. / 3. Onward, Rescue and Neptune. / Wm. Thaw / Duquesne Incline. Ferry. Charliers. / Davis Island Dam, / 4. Scotia and Elizabeth, / 5. Press Boat. Robert Jenkins. / 6. Belle McGowan and Eagle. / 7. Jno. T. Case, Jos. Walton and I. N. Bunton, / Dry Dock. Jno. A. Wood. / Brunot's Island. 8. Little Fred. and Little Dick. / Glass House Ripple. Lioness. / Nellie Speer. Glass Works. / 9. Jim Wood and S. L, Wood. / 10. Ella and B, .D. Wood. / 11. Lula Wood and Advance. / 12. Jno. Dippel. / 13. Tom Lysle and Frank Gillmore. / Point Bridge. 14 Tide and Seven Sons. / Coal Vally Coal Co. / Union Bridge. / Soldier's Monument. / Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R.R. / 15, Little Bill and Two Brothers. / 16. Chas. Brown and Jim Brown. / 17. Jas. G. Blaine. / 18. Chesapeake. / 19. Glenwood and Edna. / Penn. R.R. Freight Depot. / 21. Iron Sides. / 22. Iron Age. / 23. Marmett Co. / 24. Lud Keefer. / Suspension Bridge. / 25. Kangaroo. / 26. J. S. Mercer. / 27. Dan'l Kane. / 28. S. Miller. / 29. J. Nixon. / Round House. / North Side Bridge. / Ninth St. Bridge. / P. Ft. W. & C.R.R. / 16th St. Bridge. / P. & L. E. R.R. / 30. Annie Roberts. / 31. Diamond. / 32. Tom Reese. / 33. Boaz. / Twilight and Alice. / Wagner."
MarksPrinted in the bottom left corner of the lithographed area "American / Bank Note Co. / New York".

Black printed text below the bottom left corner of the lithographed area "COPYRIGHTED AND PUBLISHED 1886, BY ALEX. Y. LEE.".
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