An industrial streetscape in Chateau, which is still a busy industrial and warehouse district. A railroad spur formerly ran along the street and under the projecting roof of the Heyl & Patterson building in the foreground.
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Preble Avenue, Chateau
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Fort Pitt Bedding Company, Chateau
The Fort Pitt Bedding Company sold all manner of bedding, and it had the Sealy franchise for the Pittsburgh area. But the company’s specialty seems to have been institutional bunks: it held patents on clever designs that allowed bunks to be stored absolutely flat and set up without tools.
Engineering News-Record, December 28, 1922, p. 108. 
The complex was built in stages, of which the section with arched windows seems to be the oldest.
Canon PowerShot SX20 IS. Today the buildings are handsomely restored and filled with various businesses.
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