Image Gallery - The Great Railroad Strike of 1877
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Burning Of The Round-House At Pittsburgh
Striking workers during the violent year... |
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Damaged Track, Railroad Riots, Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh, 1877.
Damaged Track, Railroad Riots, Pennsylvania... |
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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
Police beating back the strikers in Philadelphia... |
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Pittsburgh riots lower engine house.
Pittsburgh riots lower engine house. |
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Pittsburgh Riots panhandle tunnel.
Pittsburgh Riots panhandle tunnel. |
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Riot of 1877: Ruins and Rioters. Looking East from 14th Street.
In July 1877, after refusing to negotiate... |
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1877 Strike looking East from 25th Street.
The wildcat railroad strike of 1877 quickly... |
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Pittsburgh Riots Remains of the Paint Shop.
Pittsburgh Riots Remains of the Paint Shop. |
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Union Street Station Ruins.
Union Street Station Ruins. |
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Pittsburgh Riots
Pittsburgh Riots, July 21-22, 1877. Looking... |
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Carpenter Shop
1877 Riots, Carpenter Shop. |
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Pittsburgh In The Hands Of The Mob.
Burning of the Machine Shops. Pittsburgh... |
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A funeral among the ruins.
A funeral procession and a horse drawn hearse... |
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Ruins near the Union Depot and Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA, 1877.
The great Railroad Strike of 1877 began on... |
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Roundhouse in ruins, Pittsburgh, 1877.
Ordered to Pittsburgh by Governor Hartranft,... |
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"Burning Of The Lebanon Valley Railroad Bridge By The Rioters," Harper's Weekly, August 11, 1877
On the night of July 22, rioters burned down... |
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Steeple-View Of The Pittsburgh Conflagration.
Steeple-View Of The Pittsburgh Conflagration. |
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Robert Ammon, the leader of the Pittsburgh and Fort Wayne Railroad Strike, at his post, directing the movements of the strikers.
Robert Ammon, the leader of the Pittsburgh... |