[PRCo] Re: Rather Interesting

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Ken & Tracie wrote:

> Not Pittsburgh related, but an interesting coincidence. I have been
> reseaching Nike missile sites on the internet and came across this little
> tidbit concerning Boston:
> ... there were discrepencies in the ARADCOM site numbering system; my guess
> is it was a function of the site planning, survey and acquisition
> process......
>
> Another example can be found in the Boston Defense Area; B-85 Bedford is
> west of B-84 Burlington.
>
> Makes one wonder if the person designating the sites broke sequence because
> of something he saw on streetcar rollsigns while growing up in Pittsburgh?
> :-) (Just kiddin')

IIRC there was a Nike site on Troy Hill, I don't know where relative to
the carline.

Another interesting thing, AT&T links to the city came to Troy Hill and
then across to their building downtown. In the microwave era it was done
by microwave. In the fiber optic era, I don't know whose right of way it
followed, but by then Pittsburgh Railways was long since gone (and didn't
own the street anyway... and I suspect that unlike the one connecting to
my house their fiber wouldn't run on the telephone poles)