Puddle Double

Pittencrieff House, Dunfermline.

Now a museum, but once the family home of Brigadier General John Forbes.

In 1758, at the height of the French & Indian War, British General John Forbes and his troops took on a daunting task:
To carve a trail, over 300 miles long, through the Pennsylvania backcountry and take French Fort Duquesne at the Forks of the Ohio River.

Forbes commanded about 6,000 men, including a contingent of Virginians led by George Washington.

Once the Fort was captured, Forbes remained at Fort Duquesne until November 1758, having it rebuilt and renamed as Fort Pitt, after William Pitt, the Secretary of State in the British Government. Fort Pitt became the modern city of Pittsburgh.

The house in the picture, the old family home of Forbes, is situated in Pittencrieff Park. The park was purchased in 1902 by Dunfermline born industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and given to the people of Dunfermline for public use.  
It is a neat coincidence that Carnegie’s huge wealth came from his steel company in Pittsburgh.