Laketon Road -- Was: This Last Week

[Edward H. Lybarger]

They were technically "Ligonier Stone," after the location of the quarry of
origin.  The color of stone originating (exclusively) in this facility
(conveniently owned by the then-mayor's partner) was specified by city
ordinance to be used in all paving projects.

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From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
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brathke at juno.com
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 8:48 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Re: Laketon Road -- Was: This Last Week


I always heard Pittsburgh's street paving blocks called "Belgian blocks".

Bob 3/3
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 08:20:18 -0500 (EST) Carl Zager
<czager at bloomington.in.us> writes:
>Do we know how the replacement of the low-floor cars took place? Were
>they
>retired by condition or on certain routes (or shops) first? When/where
>did
>the last one run in revenue service?
>
>I noted in a message to Fred that our family used to ride a bus from
>Laketon Road into Wilkinsburg where we transferred to trolley to
>Homewood,
>East Liberty, downtown. And often it was a low-floor.
>
>The ubiqutous dot-dash map of PRy in Parkinson's book suggests that
>the
>Laketon trolley route was abandoned in 1952. We lived on Parkway, just
>off
>of Laketon, from 1948-1955. Admittedly, I would've only been 9 in '52,
>but
>I was always aware of streetcars and streetcar tracks (I remember
>commenting on the "cobble stone" pattern -- perpendicular between the
>rails and parrallel outside the rails when we still were living on
>Bennett
>Street). I just don't remember 1. ever riding a trolley into
>Wilkinsburg
>from Laketon Road, nor 2. any trolley tracks on that section of
>Laketon.
>
>Now that I have reached the age of the number of Heinz varieties...who
>knows? <grin>
>
>And yes, I know the paving bricks are not actually cobble stones.
>That's
>just what my family always called them. Imagine my disappointment to
>discover how even more uneven and rustic actual cobble stones really
>are.
>
> Carl Zager						KB9RVB
> czager at bloomington.in.us         http://www.mccsc.edu/~czager
>

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