[PRCo] Re: 1936___Flood

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Ed and others

Time to once again say thenk you to Ed for his many
efforts at Arden.  Thanks

Harold Geissenheimer

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

>There will be a 2-part piece on the flood in upcoming issues of Trolley
>Fare.  Bernie Orient located a copy of the company magazine and copied it; I
>supplied some pictures from my own files.  I've already copy edited the
>current issue, and it should be arriving in members' mailboxes shortly.  Or
>has it arrived already?  I just file 'em when they arrive, since I've
>already read them in the copy editing process.
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>Ed
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
>Holland
>Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:54 PM
>To: --- 1717 PRCo__WP__JTC ---
>Subject: [PRCo] 1936___Flood
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>Good Morning!
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>	Quoting from Lorant's book on pg.354:
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>	"""On St.Patrick's day in 1936 Pgh. suffered one
>of its most devastating floods.    On Monday, March 16,
>the waters rose to 21.7-feet; two days later they
>had risen to 46-feet.......       there was a fear of
>epidemic and of looting.     The Downtown section
>was placed under martial law."""
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>	Is It Recorded as to how much was under water?
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>	How far out Penn  --  to Butler?     This would
>also include Liberty.
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>	Parts of Grant at least.
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>	What about North Side?
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>	West End would  *seem*  relatively immune except
>for RR along river.
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>	McKeesport?
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>Jim
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