Carrick

Carrick was named after Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland in 1853 by Dr. John O'Brien.

Prior to 1927 this area, was known as Carrick Borough which was at one time part of Baldwin Township. Lower Saint Clair Township is also found on some deeds. Carrick Borough by 1926 vote was officially annexed into the city of Pittsburgh in 1927. The old and narrow borough building is at 1808 Brownsville Road. Before 1927, Carrick was very progressive under the guidance of very knowledgeable and foresighted leadership. Carrick already had the first sewerage system in western Pennsylvania. Just take a short step out onto Hornaday Road to see the Carrick Boro logos on all the manholes. Here are several photos of manhole covers that John Rudiak found and photographed.

In its borough days, Carrick also had the first filtered water supply in western Pennsylvania with 180 pounds per square inch of pressure coming from the South Pittsburgh water plant, located at Beck’s Run Road, site of Hays Mine. Carrick Borough and its wealthy businessmen had already begun paving its streets with planks of wood three inches thick and four feet wide along with sidewalks. John M. Phillips, for the most part paid for the widening of Brownsville Road to a 60 foot right-of-way from Becks Run Road to 2331 Brownsville Road Mt Oliver.

Once annexed into the city, some street names were changed to avoid duplication of existing street names in use elsewhere in Pittsburgh.

The name of Engleartville was the local name of Carrick prior to 1853, when Dr. John O’Brien established the first post office naming it Carrick after his home town of Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary County, Ireland.