The Ruins at Pittsburgh

This August 11, 1877 image from Leslie's Illustrated depicts the smoldering ruins of the roundhouse and shops at Pittsburgh after the riots. Such scenes of devastation, rendered from the vantage point and perspective to see the whole scope, were similar to images of destruction in the Civil War.

PENNSYLVANIA.—THE RUINS OF THE ROUND-HOUSE AND PENNSYLVANIA CAR-SHOPS AT PITTSBURGH.