[PRCo] Re: Rialto St.

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings
speaking of ski slopes

In WashingtonDC during early 1980's snow, people used skis to go down
the outside escalator at Dupont Ciircle.   Can we ski down the 42S r/w from
Fallowfield to Palmgarden?

Harold

Fred Schneider wrote:

>I looked up Rialto on Sunday ... nice paving job but I can only imagine running
>a roller up that hill.  It will make a really nice ski slope in the winter.
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>Bob Rathke wrote:
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>>I just recalled a couple of other meat packing plants (in addition to
>>Lorrie's and Victory) located along trolley lines on the Northside in the
>>1950's: Oswald & Hess and Fried & Reineman.  O&H was a retail brand, and
>>lasted into the 1960's.
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>>A couple of recollections about Spring Hill neighbors who worked at these
>>plants - "slaughter houses" - in the 1950's:
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>>- George Zech worked at one of the plants (his wife worked in the baked
>>beans canning dept. at H.J. Heinz Co.) and he told neighborhood kids that
>>his job was to "pet" the cattle as they were herded into the plant.  Yeah.
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>>- Frank Hafner worked at Oswald & Hess for years, and he seemed to be a very
>>old person in the 1950's..  Recently, I learned that he died in 1963 at age
>>50.
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>>Bob 7/1/04
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:54 PM
>>Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: Rialto St.
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>>>There were at least two meat packing plants on the North Side - Victory
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>>>Lorries.  One was on East St. near St. Boniface Church, and the other on
>>>Spring Garden Avenue just past the route 1 trolley loop.
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>>>Bob 6/28/04
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
>>>To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>>>Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:35 PM
>>>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rialto St.
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>>>>Greetings
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>>>>Speaking about meat packing plants.  were they on Herr's island?
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>>RR
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