Monongahela West Penn

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Or it costs too much money to repave five blocks of Putnam Street.  I am
actually surprised Fred, that it has lasted this long.  I photographed a sewer
or water crew working around the rails at Putnam and Front three years ago;
rather than cut the rails, everything was put back just as it had been.

>From my youth, I remember that lovely sound of rubber tires on brick streets in
Marietta.  My dad's parents lived at 612 Washington Street, a broad avenue once
lined with the most beautiful elm trees (until the Dutch Elm Blight).  Sometime
in the 1950s, the city built a new bridge over the Muskingum River on the
Washington Street alignment, and the street was repaved (reads bricks were
covered with asphalt).  But there is still a lot of brick in that city.  It is
surprisingly durable ... doesn't develop potholes in the winter.

Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:

> There is a fair amount of exposed track in Marietta, Ohio from this line,
> including some special work.  I believe the city has realized this may be a
> gem in their
> downtown restoration efforts.
>
> Fred Bruhn