The Point: Block House

CAPTION: Flood of 1907. Point area with the Block House
flooded. Water crest at 36.2 feet.
NOTES: Courtesy of Louise Sherman, M.D.,
West Penn Hospital.
Additional views of the Block House show it
as it may have looked in 1764;
picturesquely when used as a dwelling;
somewhat ramshackle;
and teeming with children.
PHOTOGRAPHER:   
DATE: 1907.
HEADING: Pittsburgh. Floods.
#: P2541.
From the Collections of the Pennsylvania Department,
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 

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