south side trackage

[John Swindler]

>
>Details of the 1880s can be found in Hopkins' Atlas of the cities of
>Pittsburgh and Allegheny which, I believe, was reprinted a few years ago by
>the Western Penna Historical Society (and if anybody knows how to get
>hold of a copy I'd be awfully grateful to hear about it.) The area we are
>discussing is on sheet 26, which I don't happen to have copied. You should
>be able to find the atlas at any local library.
>
>I do have a rather poor copy of the Pittsburgh city map from Biehn's Atlas 
>of
>Pennsylvania (1900) which appears to show my Bingham-17th-Jane route
>but not the Sarah Street line.
>


Another source of old maps are directories of the City of Pittsburgh, (sort 
of an early version of what we now call a telephone book).  Copies are on 
microfiche prior to 1860, then on microfilm since then.  The 1858 edition 
included a map.  Likewise there are three editions in the Penna. State 
Library collection from around 1900 that included maps of Pittsburgh.  (OK, 
Ed, I'll add (to my list of things to do) getting a listing of street 
railway companies from the business (yellow pages) section.

Where can you get copies?  Genealogy room (sometimes called local history) 
at Carnegie Library.  Cost will probably be 25 cents for 11x17 printout.

Carnegie Library will also have copy of 1880 atlas reprint, which is really 
a city ward/township map.   Good level of detail.  These were done for many 
counties across the country during late 1800s.

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