[PRCo] Re: South Side Car House

[Matt Barry]

Using the "zoom in" tool as far as it would take me, I could barely make 
out what the etched name on that building is.  It's not J&L and it is 
not "Pittsburgh Railways."
I thought at one point it had the word 'bridge' in it, and maybe 
'american,' but I am not sure.  
Someone with good close-up vision (that's not me), give it a try.   
First make the jpeg as large as possible, clicking on the biggest 
rectangle you see on the left.   Then click on the "+" sign and then put 
your cursor where you want on the photo and click.  It will zoom in 
continually as much as you want, repeating the above process, up to a 
certain zoom level.

That's definitely a PCC signed for "50 Carson Street."

I thought perhaps that was a wye area for the car to back into.  
Could this be the area where the loop between Carson and Sarah streets 
used to be?   I don't think it is given the way the double overhead and 
tracks seem to continue on from that point, on what is presumably Carson 
Street.

This is a great historical photo.   Glad you found it and shared it, Ray!

Matt


Lattner, Raymond wrote:

>Hello, I came across this picture of what I think maybe PRCo 30th street Car House or Power House. Can any of you verify what this Building is? Also, does anyone have a 1940ish track plan for this car house or route 50 loop. 
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>http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/i/image/image-idx?sid=71176c9eec80a24f0e57e47778387335;xc=1;g=imls;q1=furnace;rgn1=ic_all;size=20;lasttype=boolean;view=entry;lastview=thumbnail;subview=detail;cc=accd;entryid=x-msp285.b013.f29.i01;viewid=ACCD2572.TIF;start=1;resnum=2
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>Key words: South Side before Jones & Laughlin Expansion
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>Thanks
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>Ray
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