And its pet submarine, the USS Requin.
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Carnegie Science Center
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The Mon
Looking east up the Monongahela River from Mount Washington.
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Hot Metal Bridge
This rehabilitated pair of bridges gets its name from the fact that the downstream span was used to transport hot metal across the river between the two sections of the giant J&L steel plant. The upstream span (which technically used to be the Monongahela Connecting Railroad Bridge) is now open to automobile traffic; the downstream span is reserved for bicycles.
Although official records spell this “Hot Metal Bridge,” it is always pronounced “Hotmetal Bridge,” with the accent on the first syllable.
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Barge on the Allegheny
Another moving still picture: a barge heads downstream past the Armstrong Cork Factory toward the Sixteenth Street Bridge.
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Dusk on the Allegheny
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Skyline and Sixteenth Street Bridge
From the shore of the Allegheny. The immensity of the U. S. Steel Tower is particularly obvious from this angle.
Camera: Konica-Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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A March Thaw
The weather was warm enough to melt a good bit of the snow and ice, and prolonged rain helped fill the streams. Now the weather is turning briefly colder again, and we expect some snow tonight.
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Your Downtown Panorama of the Day
This time without falling snow. The one above, made from eighteen separate photographs, is quite large (about 37 million pixels), so don’t click on it on a metered connection. It’s the largest stitched picture old Pa Pitt has made to date, but Hugin handled it perfectly and automatically. The picture below is a more manageable size.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
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A Winter Panorama
Another experiment in panorama stitching, this time from the Station Square parking lot.
Camera: Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS.
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Ice in the Monongahela
Sub-zero temperatures have formed patches of ice in the Monongahela.
Camera: Kodak EasyShare Z1485 IS.
