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terrible talent. and you never wash it if you get it all muddy. that's seen a lot of mud and sweat and tears. here we go steelers here we go. continuing a look at pittsburgh on book tv we toured the city with heinz history center as he takes it to some of the most historic locations in the downtown and surrounding areas. for that work or go on a driving tour of pittsburgh will get an overview and learn some history. as we come in around the corner here. you will see the history center to the goalposts a lot

of history one through the uprights of as the steelers became the dominant force in the 1970s. when was the team established. it is the second 1933. the steelers in the first year they really have a name. they call them the pirates. they were black and gold like the other sports teams after a time around world war ii they decided we needed to have a our own team and they start calling themselves the steelers. some people say it was because they stole players from other teams like in philadelphia but pretty soon people of

pittsburgh really adopted that name. it was a was a steel city. we are proud of the steel in industrial heritage. what is passing the pennsylvania station which has now been converted into housing there was a big bowl here filled with water. it was the end of the line for the pennsylvania canal. limit freight and water. this was the end of the line. this is named grand street. for james grant the french and

injury were captured right here in 1758. there used to be a hell here. around 19 '09 they brought in steam equipment. they leveled the grant and grant help and made it a nice flat grant street. and then probably only 30 or 40 years they went to brooks. the u.s. steel is still around as well. it's one of the top steelmakers in america but there is a lot of competition for steel nowadays all around the world. the industry is not the

dominant industry in pittsburgh today. were coming up on hh richardson county courthouse in jail. you can see that don't this is built after the turn-of-the-century. as one of the architectural wonders here in pittsburgh. were starting to see some of the bridges in pittsburgh. 450 bridges all over the city. we had bridges of all kinds. the streets are aligned with the rivers and a lot of hills and valleys and bridges even the locals have some trouble getting around downtown. once you figure it out it's

not so bad. were going over the smith street. the black and gold of the earl of chatham. the secretary of state during the french and indian war. and that's when pittsburgh was established. we are passing by the incline now and this is the way people got from the high hills down to the mills and plants at the river. the incline planes our set behind. they allow the workers.

it's mostly for tourists. to get a better view. if you have to describe a typical pittsburgh or what would you say. >> old-timers called himself geezers because that's a pittsburgh thing. they go after work today. went to go downtown. they have their own way of speaking. there had been waves of migration. the first people came here during the ice age and set up shop here. the descendents of the american tribe when george washington arrived in 1753.

eastern european today people are coming from asia and from central and south america. we are coming up on the city and county building. that has commemorated pittsburgh's 200th anniversary. they commemorate 200 years a of pittsburgh being incorporated as a city. about this as a minute. in 1816 there were no bridges in pittsburgh. to get across is rivers you have a swim or take a ferry in the summertime you could maybe wait across. with over 450 bridges and a talk together fitting. we had used a bridge as a logo. as a logo. right at the alcoa building.

it is totally made up aluminum. .. or the university of pittsburgh there are more than 30 universities and colleges in the greater pittsburgh area.

there's lots here to see. it would take you weeks to see at all. what i say to america is stop on by. give pittsburgh a chance. it's not the city you might think it is. 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. tonight meir mayor green will join with larry tye who's been a whirlwind of the past several days. bill green became a congressman in 1964 succeeding his father william