[PRCo] Re: Schenley Park Streetcar Route

[Ken & Tracie]

My family knew it as Panther Hollow. They moved to Pittsburgh during 1962.

K.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 3:59 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Schenley Park Streetcar Route


> 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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