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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Keck, Charles,     Roush, Stanley,     Portrait male -- Magarac, Joe     Portrait male -- Gist, Christopher     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Guyasuta     Ethnic -- Indian     Literature     Portrait male -- Volkanik, Jan     Occupation -- Industry     Emblem -- Coat of Arms     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh     Sculpture

Manchester Bridge Portals, (sculpture). Artist:  Keck, Charles, 1875-1951, sculptor. Roush, Stanley, 1885-1946, architect. Title:  Manchester Bridge Portals, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated August 9, 1915. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze. Dimensions:  2 parts. Each sculpture: approx. 13 x 37 ft. Inscription:  (Raised letters on upper banner:) MCMX MANCHESTER BRIDGE MCMXVII (Plaque, one on each side:) MANCHESTER BRIDGE PORTAL SCULPTURES/DEPICTING JOE MAGARAC LEGENDARY STEELWORKER/AND JAN VOLKANIK WHO STAGED A ONE MAN COLE STRIKE/1916-1970,/CHARLES KECK, SCULPTOR/GIFT OF CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND PENN DOT/RESTORATION AND INSTALLATION/GIFT OF/UNITED STEEL WORKS OF AMERICA/AND DRAVO CORPORATION/ENGINEERING CONTRIBUTED BY PITTSBURGH CHAPTER OF/PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS unsigned Description:  Portals are adorned with reliefs of figures representing the history and folklore of western Pennsylvania. At center of south portico is Pittsburgh coat-of-arms, flanked on the left by Christopher Gist, a frontiersman. On the right is Guyasuta, Seneca tribe leader. North portico depicts legendary Joe Magarac and Jan Volkanik, coalfield hero. Subject:  Portrait male -- Magarac, Joe -- Full length Portrait male -- Gist, Christopher -- Full length History -- United States -- Westward Expansion Portrait male -- Guyasuta -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian -- Seneca Literature Portrait male -- Volkanik, Jan -- Full length Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Emblem -- Coat of Arms Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Pittsburgh Children's Museum, 10 Children's Way, West Commons, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 Remarks:  The portals were saved when the Manchester Bridge was demolished in 1970. IAS files contain a photocopy of a photograph of the model for the Manchester Bridge Portal from the files of the Art Commission of the City of Pittsburgh files at Carnegie-Mellon University Architecture Archives. References:  Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 11-12. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0142, 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. 44-45. 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 64480015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64480015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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