[PRCo] Re: South Side Car House

[John Swindler]

Why would it say Pittsburgh Railways Company??.   That would have cost money 
to change the name.

Try  'Pittsburgh and Birmington (RR)'

That's what turns up on the 1917 map

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/maps/showmap.pl?client=maps&image=16v06p09&levels=5&originx=984&originy=1117&lastlevel=1&fullheight=6900&fullwidth=9640&level=1&size=2&image.x=324&image.y=702

So how many different trolley companies operated on southside????   Looking 
at 1917 map, appears that there was some competition to account for track 
density.   Or else P&B was trying to keep out the competition.  However, 
30th St. is only PRC carbarn that shows up in index.

Another question:  So just what is the oldest surviving car barn in 
Pittsburgh?  (I'm clueless)  Does anything survive???

John

>From: Matt Barry <mrb190+ at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: South Side Car House
>Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:46:45 -0500
>
>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."
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>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.
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>This is a great historical photo.   Glad you found it and shared it, Ray!
>
>Matt
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>Lattner, Raymond wrote:
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> >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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