james laverance Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The Duquesne Gardens Pittsburgh circa 1900."The Duquesne Gardens was the main sports arena located in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, during the first half of the 20th century. Built in 1890, thebuilding originally served as a trolley barn, before becoming amulti-purpose arena. The Gardens opened 3 years after a fire destroyed thecity's prior sports arena, the Schenley Park Casino, in 1896. Over theyears, the Gardens was the home arena of several of Pittsburgh's historicsports teams, such as ice hockey's Pittsburgh Pirates and PittsburghHornets. The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which was the first icehockey league to openly hire and trade players, played all of its games atthe Gardens. The arena was also the first hockey rink to ever use glassabove the dasher boards. Developed locally by the Pittsburgh Plate GlassCompany, Herculite glass was first tested in Pittsburgh. Most rinks wereusing wire mesh before the shatterproof glass was invented." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duquesne_Gardens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaris922 Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 A great piece of history. And mentions the birth of the paid hockey leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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