[PRCo] Re: 1936___Flood

[Fred Schneider]

Imagine trying to get all the water out of all conduits, window pockets,
motors,  Horrible.

"Dietrich, Robert J." wrote:

> Carnegie Library has the photo -
> http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/downtown/down_n29.html
>
> Bob
>
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred
> Schneider
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:27 PM
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 1936___Flood
>
> My parents lived in a rented home in Oakmont at the time.   Dad took
> quite a few pictures of Oakmont and Verona in the flood.  Sadly, as he
> got older the mind was no longer clear.  He threw everything out without
> the slightest question about their value.   There is a common picture
> that the Pittsburgh Press published (the marooned photographer probably
> walked out of their inbound loading dock onto the Pennsylvania Railroad
> elevated) showing a streetcar on Liberty or Penn in water up to the roof
> carlines (that would be something above nine feet of water on the
> street).   I think I may have the newspapers but finding them in this
> pit is problematic.
> ..............................................