[PRCo] Re: Broadway__Dormont

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I think you're right...I just noticed that the track going inbound becomes
single track.  But it is still irrelevant to the 1900s.  The track on West
Liberty Avenue was changed considerably in those thirty years.  I also
suspect that a crossover south of the junction is missing from the map!  The
plat maps are good but not infallible.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Bill
Robb
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 1:46 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Broadway__Dormont


I think it dates from 1934. That map is from the
Historic Pittsburgh web site.

http://digital.library.pitt.edu/maps/34v09ind.html

Plate 16 has Dormont Jct:

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/maps/showmap.pl?client=maps&image=34v
09p16

Plate 15 covers Broadway:

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/maps/showmap.pl?client=maps&image=34v
09p15

Bill Robb

--- "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net> wrote:

> There is no inbound connection visible, underneath
> lettering or otherwise.
> But this map is a 1950s or early '60s version...note
> the building labeled
> "Dormont Oldsmobile Co." and is irrelevant to the
> 1900s.
>
> The Charleroi route operated via West Liberty Avenue
> from October 10, 1903
> through November 30, 1904.  Beginning December 1,
> 1904, it used the new
> trolley tunnel and the new "Upper Line" -- the
> Beechview route.  But on May
> 1, 1907, it returned to West Liberty Avenue.
>
> On July 14, 1909, inbound Charleroi cars were
> shifted to the Overbrook
> route; outbound cars didn't move there until
> November 1 1909.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On
> Behalf Of Mark
> McGuire
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:46 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Broadway__Dormont
>
>
>
>   It was my understanding that the Charleroi
> interurban ran on the
> 38 line down West Liberty. In the map I don't see an
> inbound
> connection to the 42 line, unless it's under the
> words on the map.
> Please set me straight on this as I think it's very
> important to know.
> Thanks!
>
>                       Mark
>
> P.S.- I remember having a discussion about this
> previously but it
>       escapes me now.
>
>
>
>
>


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