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U.S. STEEL DUQUESNE WORKS
HAER No. PA-115
(Page 255)
and monitor are supported by Fink trusses. Square windows rim
its northern, southern, and western walls at the second floor.
The structure contains masonry offices on its first and second
floor as well as storage space.
Construction date: ca. 192 5.
XVIII. Plant Utilities Office Building: Laid out on a north-
south axis, the two story, 96' long x 43' wide Plant Utilities
Office Building is located 50' north of Electric Power House
Number l. Constructed on a concrete foundation by the American
Bridge Company, the building's brick exterior encases a steel
frame. Corbelled brickwork exists along the cornice of the
structure. Its corrugated metal gable roof is supported by
riveted Fink trusses. Rectangular windows rim its northern,
eastern, and western walls. The first floor of the building
contains several storage bins while the second floor consists of
several offices.
Construction date: ca. 192 0.
XIX. Paint Shop: Laid out on a north-south axis, the two story,
70' long x 25' wide Paint Shop is located 20* north of the Plant
Utilities Office Building. Built on a concrete foundation by the
American Bridge Company, the building's brick exterior encases a
steel frame. Its corrugated metal gable roof is supported by
riveted Fink trusses. Corbelled brickwork exists along the
cornice of the building. Rectangular windows rim the structure's
eastern, western, and southern walls. The first floor of the
building consists of a washroom and a locker room. The paint
shop itself was located on the second floor.
A two story, 11' square brick lean-to is located off of the
northern wall of the building. Its inside was gutted at the time
of the HAER inventory.
Construction date: ca. 192 0.
XX. Main Office Building: Laid out on a north-south axis, the
two story, approximately 12 5' long x 100* wide Main Office
Building is located across Pennsylvania Route 837 from the upper
works. Constructed on a concrete foundation, the steel-frame
building has an ornate brick exterior and a slate hipped roof.
Rectangular windows rim the four walls of the building at its
basement, first, and second floors. An attic dormer juts out at
the northern wall of the building,
By far the most elaborately designed of the buildings
associated with the Duquesne Works site, the Main Office Building
consisted of offices in its basement, first, and second floors
for the Work's superintendent and his staff. Today the building
is owned and operated by Allegheny County and has been renamed
the Business Innovation Center.
Construction date: ca. 1910.