Txais tos rau ib lub teb chaws zoo nkauj tshaj plaws. Tsis muaj kev qias neeg lub nroog qub dhau los, Pittsburgh yog tam sim no qhov tseeb hauv lub nroog renaissance. Lub nroog uas niaj hnub cathedrals thiab lub ntiaj teb qub, cov phooj ywg zoo nkauj, muaj cov tuam txhab ua lag luam, cov phooj ywg zoo, kev lom zem, thiab kev lom zem. Tuaj thiab saib kom zoo!
Pittsburgh qhia
Nrhiav: 1758
Nrhiav: 1758
Incorporated: 1816
Nroog Pejxeem: ~ 305,000 (2014)
Kuj Paub Lub Sij Hawm (AKA): Cov 'Burgh
Geography
Thaj tsam: 55.5 Square Mais
Qeb: 13th lub nroog loj tshaj hauv lub teb chaws
Siab: 1,223 Taw
Chaw nres nkoj: Pittsburgh yog lub tebchaws qhov chaw nres nkoj loj tshaj plaws, muab kev nkag mus rau ntau tshaj 9,000 mais hauv Tebchaws Meskas cov dej hauv dej.
Amazing Pittsburgh Firsts
Pittsburgh yog thawj lub nroog nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb los ua ntau yam khoom zoo! Ntawm no yog ob peb ntawm cov feem ntau zoo-paub.
Thawj lub plawv, Mob Hlwb, Raum Kab Mob Hlauv (Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 3, 1989): Thawj lub sij hawm sib luag, mob siab thiab mob raum tau ua nyob hauv Presbyterian-University Hospital.
First Internet Emoticon (1982): Cov nyuj nyav :-) yog thawj lub npe ntawm Internet, tsim los ntawm Carnegie Mellon University computer science paub txog Scott Fahlman.
First Robotics Institute (1979): Lub Robotics Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv hauv Carnegie Mellon University tau tsim los tsim cov kev tshawb fawb thiab cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb hauv kev siv hlau yeem txog kev lag luam thiab kev ua haujlwm.
Tus Thawj Mr. Yuk Sticker (1971): Mr. Yuk tau tsim nyob rau ntawm lub Chaw Pov Tsav ntawm Children's Hospital ntawm Pittsburgh tom qab kev tshawb fawb tau hais tias cov pob txha taub hau thiab kab lig kev cai yav tas los siv los qhia txog poisons muaj me ntsis cov ntsiab lus rau cov me nyuam uas cim lub cim nrog cov khoom zoo li ris lub nkoj thiab kev lom zem.
First Night World Series Kev Ua Si (1971): Kev ua si 4 ntawm 1971 Ntiajteb Series yog thawj qhov kev ua si hauv Ntiaj Teb Series yav dhau los, uas yog Pittsburgh mus rau yeej, 4 ua si rau 3.
First Big Mac (1967): Tsim los ntawm Jim Delligatti ntawm nws lub nroog Uniontown McDonald's, lub Mac loj tshaj plaws thiab tau sim ua lag luam nyob rau hauv peb lwm Pittsburgh-thaj tsam McDonald cov khw noj mov hauv 1967.
Thaum xyoo 1968 nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb hauv McDonald tus kheej cov ntawv thoob plaws hauv lub tebchaws.
Thawj Pull-Tab ntawm Cov Kws Caj Npab (1962): Cov ciav hlau tau tsim los ntawm Alcoa thiab yog thawj zaug siv los ntawm Iron City Brewery hauv 1962. Tau ntau xyoo, rub-tabs tsuas yog siv hauv cheeb tsam no.
Thawj Retractable Dome (Cuaj Hlis 1961): Pittsburgh's Civic Arena boasts lub ntiaj teb thawj auditorium nrog lub ru tsev.
Chaw Ua Haujlwm Tebchaws Asmeskas Tiv Thaiv Thawj Zej Zog (Lub Plaub Hlis 1, 1954): WQED, ua haujlwm los ntawm Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Station, yog thawj qhov chaw pabcuam hauv TV uas nyob hauv Amelikas
Tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob polio thawj zaug (Lub Peb Hlis 26, 1953): Cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob polio yog tsim los ntawm Dr. Jonas E. Salk, 38-xyoo-laus University of Pittsburgh tus kws tshawb fawb thiab xib fwb.
Ua ntej Aluminium - ALCOA (Lub yim hli ntuj 1953): Thawj txhuas lub ntsej muag uas yog lub Alcoa Building, 30-zaj dab neeg, 410-foot qauv nrog thin stamped aluminium panels ua tus sab nrauv phab ntsa.
First Zippo Lighter (1932): George G. Blaisdell tau tsim lub Zippo sib dua hauv 1932 hauv Bradford, Pennsylvania. Lub npe Zippo tau xaiv los ntawm Blaisdell vim nws nyiam lub suab ntawm lo lus "zipper" - uas yog patented nyob ib ncig ntawm tib lub sijhawm nyob ze Meadville, PA.
Thawj zaug kev sib tw Bingo (thaum ntxov 1920's): Hugh J.
Ward thawj zaug tuaj nrog lub tswvyim ntawm bingo hauv Pittsburgh thiab pib khiav qhov kev ua si ntawm carnivals thaum ntxov 1920s, noj nws nyob thoob tebchaws 1924. Nws tau saib xyuas cov cai ntawm qhov kev ua si thiab sau ib phau Bingo cov cai hauv xyoo 1933.
Qhov Chaw Tshawb Fawb Teb Chaws Asmeskas Nruab Nrab (Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2, 1920): Dr. Frank Conrad, tus pab thawj coj ntawm Westinghouse Electric, ua ntej lub tsev kawm ntawv tau tsim thiab muab nws tso rau hauv lub tsev nyob hauv Wilkinsburg hauv xyoo 1916. Qhov chaw nres tsheb tau tso cai li 8 XK. Thaum 6 teev tsaus ntuj thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2, 1920, 8KX tau los ua KDKA Xov Tooj thiab pib tshaj tawm xov ntawm 100 watts los ntawm kev hloov shack atop ib ntawm Westinghouse cov tuam tsev hauv East Pittsburgh.
Hnub Tos Txawv Tebchaws (Lub Peb Hlis 18, 1919): Pittsburgh lub nroog tus thawj coj hauv lub sijhawm Tsov Rog Thoob Ntiaj Teb Thawj Zaug, Robert Garland tau tsim lub tebchaws thawj lub sijhawm kev txuag nyiaj, pib xyoo 1918.
Qhov chaw nres tsheb thawj zaug (Lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 1913): Hauv xyoo 1913, qhov chaw nres tsheb thawj zaug, ua los ntawm Gulf Refining Company, qhib hauv Pittsburgh ntawm Baum Boulevard thiab St. Clair Street hauv East Liberty. Tsim los ntawm JH Giesey.
Hauv Baseball Chaw Ua Haujlwm Hauv Tebchaws Meskas (1909): Hauv xyoo 1909, thawj lub chaw ntaus pob, Forbes Field, tau ua nyob hauv Pittsburgh, tom qab lub sijhawm ua kev sib tw zoo hauv Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, thiab New York.
First Institution Picture Theatre (1905): Thawj qhov ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv lub ntiaj teb mob siab rau lub rooj nthuav dav ntawm zaj duab xis yog "Nickelodeon," qhib rau Harry Davis ntawm Smithfield Street hauv Pittsburgh.
First Banana Split (1904): Los ntawm Dr. David Strickler, tus kws muag tshuaj, tom Strickler's Drug Store hauv Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Thawj Ntiaj Teb Series (1903): Lub Boston Pilgrims tua Pittsburgh Pirates tsib kev ua si rau peb hauv baseball tus thawj niaj hnub World Series xyoo 1903.
First Ferris Wheel (1892/1893): Tsav los ntawm Pittsburgh haiv neeg thiab civil engineer, George Washington Gale Ferris (1859-1896), thawj Ferris Log yog nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb kev Ncaj Ncees hauv Chicago. Nws tau hla 264 feet siab heev thiab muaj peev xwm nqa ntau tshaj 2,000 neeg caij xam phaj ib zaug.
Ntev-Nroj Hluav Taws Xob (1885): Westinghouse Electric tsim hloov tam sim no, tso cai ntev-ntev ntawm hluav taws xob thawj zaug.
Thawj Cua Nres (1869): Thawj qhov nres cua nres rau kev tsheb nqaj hlau yog tsim los ntawm George Westinghouse nyob rau hauv 1860s thiab patented nyob rau hauv 1869.
Kev lom zem muaj tseeb txog Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh yog lub nroog zoo nkauj nrog cov nplua nuj dhau los. Peb bet txawm tus neeg uas tau nyob ntawm no tag nrho lawv lub neej yuav tsis paub tag nrho cov kev lom zem no! Ntawm no yog cov npe ntawm lawv:
- Pittsburgh tau lub npe hu ua 1758, muab tso ua ib thaj chaw hauv 1794 thiab tau ua chartered ua ib lub nroog hauv 1816.
- Pittsburgh audiences txaus siab rau lub teb chaws tus fifth lub hnub qub opera lag luam.
- Pittsburgh nyob rau hauv lub tsib sab saum toj Livable Lub zos nyob hauv xyoo 1983, 1989 thiab 1985 cov khoom ntawm "Qhov Chaw Nyob Almanac."
- Lub ciav nyob ntawm Point State Park, txoj cai nyob rau ntawm qhov ntxeev ntawm daim duab peb sab (lub nroog Pittsburgh) yog pub los ntawm ib qho glacial tsim thiab tshuaj 6,000 gallon ib feeb twg.
- Pittsburgh yog lub tsev rau cuaj Fortune 500 tuam txhab uas muag.
- Carnegie Museum of Art qhib thaum xyoo 1895 los ua lub ntiaj teb thawj tsev khaws puav pheej ntawm niaj hnub kos duab.
- Mister Rogers 'real neighborhood yog Oakland, hauv tsev mus WQED (thawj cov pej xeem hauv TV) thiab "Neighborhood of Make Believe."
- Allegheny Lub Zos muaj ntau tshaj 1,700 choj, 720 hauv nroog, thiab 15 loj choj hla ntawm Pittsburgh hauv nroog xwb.
- Pittsburgh tau poob qhov "h" hauv nws cov ntawv sau nyob rau hauv 1891, tab sis tom qab 20 xyoo ntawm kev tawm tsam, US Board on Geographic Names relented thiab lub "h" raug rov qab los.