Brookline here is the web site address...

[John Swindler]

Yes, that's it.

Thank you


>From: mrb190 <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: Brookline  here is the web site address...
>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:37:30 -0400
>
>http://trfn.clpgh.org/bacc/Gallery/Photos.shtml#bm_trolleys
>
>John Swindler wrote:
>
> > While searching for some newspaper articles, got side-tracked (no pun
> > intended) to a Pittsburgh internet site which had information on 
>Brookline
> > community, including photos of Brookline Blvd., circa 1918.  Follows is 
>a
> > selection of trolley related extracts from this Brookline website.  May 
>have
> > been three rivers.net???  (same site that hosts Duquesne Incline)
> >
> > John
> >
> > Street Car Service
> >
> > The first street railway south of the Monongahela River was a horse car
> > line, which operated on Carson Street to Thirtieth Street. In the winter 
>the
> > floor was covered with straw to keep the passengers feet warm. The first
> > electric cars were used in this part of the city in 1890 and were 
>controlled
> > by the Pittsburgh and Birmingham Traction Company. The cars seated about 
>25
> > people. In 1903-04 the streetcar tunnel was built and the line through
> > Beechview to Mount Lebanon was constructed. Regular service through the
> > tunnel began on December 2, 1904. In 1905 a double-track line was
> > constructed through Brookline from Kerr's Blacksmith Shop on West 
>Liberty
> > Avenue to the Charleroi and Washington line near Oak Station. Service 
>was
> > discontinued beyond Edgebrook Avenue, on Brookline Boulevard, after 
>1909.
> > In 1910, West Liberty Avenue was double-tracked, giving Brookline a 
>complete
> > double-track system and greatly improving the service.
> >
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