Steamboat "New Orleans"

Steamboat "New Orleans" is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, dedicated 2011.

First Ave. at Try St., Pittsburgh

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The first steamboat built west of the Alleghenies, the "New Orleans" was launched Oct. 15, 1811, near this site at Suke's Run. Pittsburgh became a center for steamboat construction & a gateway for 19th-century westward expansion.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1804 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1811 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1811 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1823 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1855 · The cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, with parts of adjacent boroughs, Pennsylvania /… (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)

A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1811, covering the location of Steamboat "New Orleans", with a pin at the marker's coordinates — A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1811, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Steamboat "New Orleans"

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