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Ross Pumping Station at the Waterworks

Ross Pumping Station with decorations

Thomas Scott designed this palatial waterworks, which stands in a little enclave of the city of Pittsburgh on the north shore of the Allegheny just outside Aspinwall. As he did with the Mission Pumping Station on the South Side Slopes, he decorated this one with elaborate grotesque heads and other classical effusions.

Ross Pumping Station
Ross Pumping Station
Pediment
Terra-cotta head
Lion brackets
Ornament
Ornament
Ornament
Ross pumping station
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