Point State Park in the context of "Fort Duquesne"

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⭐ Core Definition: Point State Park

Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, US, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.

Built on land that was acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises during the 1950s, the park opened in August 1974 after construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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👉 Point State Park in the context of Fort Duquesne

Fort Duquesne (/djuː.ˈkeɪn/ dew-KAYN, French: [dykɛːn]; originally called Fort Du Quesne) was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It was later taken over by the British, and later the Americans, and developed as Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French before its British conquest during the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War on the North American front. The British replaced it, building Fort Pitt between 1759 and 1761. The site of both forts is now occupied by Point State Park, where the outlines of the two forts have been laid in granite slabs.

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Point State Park in the context of Allegheny River

The Allegheny River (/ˌælɪˈɡeɪni/ AL-ig-AY-nee; Seneca: Ohi:yo'; Unami: Alikehane) is a 325-mile-long (523 km) tributary of the Ohio River that is located in western Pennsylvania and New York in the United States. It runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border, northwesterly into New York, then in a zigzag southwesterly across the border and through Western Pennsylvania to join the Monongahela River at the Forks of the Ohio at Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The Allegheny River is, by volume, the main headstream of both the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Historically, the Allegheny was considered to be the upper Ohio River by both Native Americans and European settlers.

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List of Pennsylvania state parks → Downtown Pittsburgh → Allegheny County, Pennsylvania → Pennsylvania → Confluence (geography) → Allegheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Eminent domain → Point Park Civic Center → Frank Lloyd Wright →