• A Plan of the New Fort at Pitts-Burgh drawn by cartographer John Rocque in 1765. Fort Pitt was a fort built by British forces between 1759 and 1761 during the French...
  • A replica scene of work being done in one of Fort Pitt's underground locations. Fort Pitt Inside the Fort Pitt Museum.
  • Fort Pitt remained under England's control until the American Revolution, when the colonists gained possession of it.
  • The fort was designed to withstand potential assaults, both from the French and their Native American allies. The Siege of Fort Pitt: Pontiac’s War.
  • It became a Girl's Technical High School and was opened in September 1929,today the same site is still occupied by Fort Pitt Grammar School.
  • One of its partners, Major Isaac Craig, began to live in one of the fort’s outbuildings, the redoubt now called The Fort Pitt Block House.
  • Discover the world-shaping events that occurred right here in Pittsburgh at the Fort Pitt Museum, located within Point State Park.
  • Fort Pitt (1) (1761-1792) - First established in 1761 during the French & Indian War by British forces in present day Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  • Fort Pitt was built in 18 29 by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to act as a halfway point between Fort Carlton and Fort Edmonton.
  • Fort Pitt in 1764 after the construction of Colonel Bouquet's reboubts. Fort Pitt, completed in 1762, was the largest English fort built in America.