Brookline

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Many of the photos here
(http://trfn.clpgh.org/bacc/Gallery/Photos.shtml#bm_trolleys) are from
Harold A. Smith's book *Touring Pittsburgh by Trolley.*  You can even
see the moire pattern the scan makes from the *dot-screen* used to make
prints.

>From Page-82:::::::
http://trfn.clpgh.org/bacc/Gallery/Trolley4.html

>From Page-81:::::::
http://trfn.clpgh.org/bacc/Gallery/Trolley1.html

http://trfn.clpgh.org/bacc/Gallery/Trolley2.html

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.


James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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