The
following companies were brewing within Allegheny County at the beginning of
the 20th century. The
Industrial Directory of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Volume 1 lists businesses in the
state for 1913 and the first book was published in 1914. The branch breweries
were all indendant breweries when they were merged with trust companies.
This is not an in-depth look at the brewing history of
Allegheny County at the time but rather a snap-shot of what we had before
national prohibition practically wiped out an entire trade. For more on the
brewing in Pittsburgh see my main site: Pittsburgh Brewers.
Anchor Brewing
Co
Brackenridge
Independent
Brewing Company
First
National Bank Bldg., 23rd Floor, Pittsburgh
(Page having this listing was damaged)
The
company had the following branch breweries in 1913:
American,
Millvale (Allegheny County)
Anderton,
Beaver Falls (Beaver County)
Butler,
Negley Ave, Butler (Butler County)
Charleroi,
1st Street, Charleroi (Washington County)
Chartiers
Valley, James & Chestnut, Carnegie (Allegheny County)
Duquesne,
22nd & Mary, Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)
First
National, Thomas St, McKees Rocks
Globe,
West St, Monongahela, (Washington County)
Hill
Top, Southern Ave, Mt. Oliver (Allegheny County)
Homestead,
6th & West, Homestead (Allegheny County)
Loyalhanna,
Jefferson & Harding, Latrobe, (Westmoreland County)
Lutz,
Spring Garden Ave., Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)
Monessen,
Monongahela Ave, Monessen, (Westmoreland County
New
Kensington, 2nd & Lith St, New Kensington, (Westmoreland County)
Liberty
Brewing Co.
Pittsburgh
Old
Economy Brewing Co.
Fair
Oaks
Pittsburgh Brewing
Co.
1619
Oliver Bldg. Pittsburgh
No
individual streets were given for the breweries.
The
company had the following branch breweries in 1913:
Baeurlein
(Allegheny County) $
Connellsville
(Fayette County)
Eberhardt
& Ober (Allegheny County) $
Iron
City (Allegheny County) $
Jeanette
(Westmoreland County)
Keystone
(Allegheny County) $
Latrobe
(Westmorland County)
McKessport
(Allegheny County)
Mt.
Pleasant (Westmoreland County)
Phoenix
(Allegheny County) $
Straub
(Allegheny County) $
Uniontown
(Fayette County)
Wainwright
(Allegheny County) $
Winter
(Allegheny County) $
I
found an ad for Pittsburgh Brewing in a 1907 American Federation of Labor
booklet that listed only 8 of their breweries. The ad recommended these
breweries as they were a union shop and the products sold were beer, ale and
porter.
The
8 breweries are identified with the $ symbol. It is interesting to note that of
the 9 breweries in Allegheny County, all but one of them were on the list.
Statistics
In
1913 there were 5 brewing companies in Allegheny County.
Three
breweries were independent companies.
There
were 2 brewing combine companies.
In
Allegheny County alone there were 19 brewing facilities.
Independent
Brewing had 14 branch breweries in the following counties.
Allegheny
County, 7
Beaver
County, 1
Butler
County, 1
Washington
County, 2
Westmoreland
County, 3
Pittsburgh
Brewing had 14 branch breweries in the following counties.
Allegheny
County, 9
Fayette
County, 2
Westmoreland
County, 3Pittsburgh Brewers
