[PRCo] Re: South Side Car House

[James B. Holland]

Matt Barry wrote:

> It's not J&L and it is not "Pittsburgh Railways."....... 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."


Hi Matt!


Strange  --  took this into PS-Elements and couldn't make out the 
destination sign on Zoom  --  but I just did a general zoom.       
Followed your instructions here and I could easily see 50 Carson St.  
--  had I clicked on the destination sign in PS I could have probably 
gotten the same.

On the Building  --  I Believe This Is The Car House.       Enlarging to 
max and there is a large *S* on the left and  *90*  on the right with 
two rows of words in between.       Believe the second word in the top 
row to be  BIRMINGHAM  so I am reasonably sure you did at least see  
PITTSBURGH  before that~!!!!!!!

There  *may*  be a photo of this carbarn on the Inet in the 1900--1910 
era  --  but I may also be confusing it with the one on *W*-Carson near 
the Point Bridge.


Jim__Holland


> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Key words: South Side before Jones & Laughlin Expansion
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ray
>