[PRCo] Re: Rankin Bridge (identify these pictures) redux

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Fred Schneider wrote:

> No question at all that the building end in Derrick's pictures
> matches identically the one in the Railroad Avenue pictures.   And
> the bridge piers are also dead ringers for it.   But I cannot figure
> how the trolley got to the front side of the houses?    I'm assuming
> that the bridge construction was not yet finished and they were still
> ramping up to the old Rankin Bridge and that a new pier would later
> block this scene?

That was my assumption.

I already posted a link to the Pitt digital library when the Rankin Bridge 
was being built with the old bridge beside it, but, not enough detail to 
tell about the ramp configuration at the time.