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Smithfield Street Bridge Ornaments, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Lindenthal, Gustav, architect. Title:  Smithfield Street Bridge Ornaments, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1883. Medium:  Painted cast iron? Dimensions:  4 reliefs. Each relief: approx. 2 x 2 1/2 x 1 ft. Description:  Four reliefs, two on each side of the bridge spans, depict male figures which representing the two main characteristics of the Pittsburgh area, industry and coal mining. The coal mining relief depicts a couching man carrying a pickax. The coal miner relief is repeated on the right sides of each bridge span. The industry relief depicts a man holding a gear wheel. The industry relief is repeated on the left sides of each bridge span. Subject:  Figure male Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Industry Object -- Tool -- Axe Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Administered by County of Allegheny, Maintenance, 1520 Penn Avenue, Penn Liberty Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Located Smithfield Street Bridge, Smithfield Street, between Carson Street & Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering landmark. Lindenthal designed bridge. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 83. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0167, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 123. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 64480052   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480052 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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