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This State's bituminous coal industry was born about 1760 on Coal Hill, now Mount Washington. Here the Pittsburgh coal bed was mined to supply Fort Pitt. This was eventually to be judged the most valuable individual mineral deposit in the United S…

Duquesne Incline

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Historic LandmarkThe Duquesne Incline - 1877Built by Samuel Diescher, Engineer for Kirk Bigham & AssociatesPittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

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