PRCo 1700 series City Cars

[Vigrass, Bill]

Having gas pipes and electricity (knob & tube) must have been common because
the house I grew up in in Lakewood, Ohio which was built in 1908 was so
equipped although all pipes were disabled and capped before my dad bought
the place about 1938.  I literally ran into some when Dad and I installed
inew electrical outlets from time to time. My Grandfather's house in
Youngstown, Ohio at 38 West Evergreen Ave.,  was also dual equipped and he
kept one gas jet operable in the basement next to the furnace (coal fired)
so he could tend the furnace when the power failed.  He still had a working
Edison incandescent bulb in an attic closet when he died in 1948.  Bill V. 

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> From: 	Robert E. Rathke[SMTP:brathke at juno.com]
> Reply To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Sent: 	Saturday, October 09, 1999 7:06 PM
> To: 	pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: 	Re: PRCo  1700  series  City  Cars
> 
> My grandparents' home on Spring Hill was built with electric service, but
> the builder also installed gas lines to the ceilings in each room - just
> in case that new source of lighting (electricity) didn't work out and
> they had to go back to gas lighting!  The pipes were never connected to
> the gas line (electricity worked), but the gas pipe outlets remained in
> the rooms, and made sturdy hanging brackets for electric chandeliers. 
> The pipes are still there.
> 
> Bob 10/9
>                                        -------------------------------
> 
> 
> On Sat, 09 Oct 1999 14:26:29 +0000 Kenneth and Tracie Josephson
> <kjosephson at sprintmail.com> writes:
> >Robert E. Rathke wrote:
> >> 
> >> And I'll bet the horsecar fans felt the same way when the electric
> >> trolley arrived on the scene.
> >
> >There were people in some cities who believed electricity could flow
> >from a broken wire like a fluid and electrocute everyone it touched...
> >
> >Ken J.
> 
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