[PRCo] Re: Schenley Park Streetcar Route

Fred Schneider fwschneider at comcast.net
Sat Dec 2 18:59:03 EST 2006


Someone more familiar needs to clarify something for me ... my father  
used to refer to the ravine next to Carnegie Tech as Panther  
Hollow.   Has the name been changed?

On May 10, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Matt Barry wrote:

>   Chartered in October 1887, the Squirrel Hill Railroad Company was to
> be an approximately 3.5 mile route from Fifth Av and Boquet St,  
> through
> the future site of Forbes Field, over Junction Hollow, through the
> future site of Carnegie-Mellon University and into Squirrel Hill via
> Homewood Av, Murray Av and to a point near Homewood Cemetery at
> Beechwood Blvd and Dallas Av.
> Read on, and see photo of the trestle over Neville Street in the  
> hollow.
>
> http://pghbridges.com/pittsburghE/0589-4477/schenleytrolley.htm
>
> Please forgive me if this is a rerun for any of you.
>
> Matt
>
>
>




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