[PRCo] Re: eBay item#740628858: 1939 Westinghouse "PCC" STREET CARS Surveys

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Jim Holland wrote:

> > If you're going to be snide about other people's errors, it's good to be
> > thorough yourself. East Pittsburgh is not Pittsburgh, smart guy.
> 
> 	But the flip side of that is  *Pittsburgh*  is used in the generic
> sense   ---   the steel wasn't produced in Pgh., either, but 
> *Pittsburgh*  was always listed as 
> *The--Steel--Capital--of--the--World*    ----    Y-E-S???:)

Off the top of my head, and without trying, J&L was in Pittsburgh, on both
sides of the river. Maybe it was the steel capital because of everything
that was headquartered here, anyway;-)

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