Memories

brathke at juno.com brathke at juno.com
Sat Jul 1 20:30:40 EDT 2000


Ozone (O3 - sorry, no subscript) is a form of oxygen (O2), which is
odorless.  However, ozone forms a compound with a distinct odor when an
electrical spark releases it from oxygen.

But I think there was more than ozone in the air in the old tunnel - a
good mixture of dirt, oil and moisture too.

Bob 7/1

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On Sat, 01 Jul 2000 19:24:46 -0400 "Fred W. Schneider III"
<fschnei at supernet.com> writes:
> This isn't my memory ... a memory of one of the people in the 
> Homewood
> Engineering office ... goes back somewhat farther than I could 
> possibly
> remember ... I think it came from Karl Hittle, who described riding 
> to
> school on the Pittsburgh 6000s.  The first 6000s, not the second 
> group.
> He recalled that you would get seats on the second deck Then, should 
> the
> proper young lady be standing in the aisle adjacent, with a little
> effort you could get the car swaying from side to side until the 
> girl
> you had selected fell into your lap.
> 
> Last message I read mentioned the small of ozone coming out of South
> Hills Tunnel?  What did we really smell?  My high school chemistry
> teacher described ozone as a colorless, odorless gas.
> 

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