[PRCo] Re: Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania

[Ken & Tracie]

Actually, the Washington Crossing I was looking for turned out to be in 
Bucks County, near Philadelphia.

But since I like bridges, dams, locks, etc., You gave me something else to 
check out! :-)

K.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Matt Matsick" <mtoytrain at bellsouth.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania


> Ken I remember and it has been 40 + years, used to see the sign Washington 
> Crossing on the 40th street bridge every day going home form work from  *H 
> J Heinz* on the bridge, however, i may be wrong, but on the South Hills/ 
> Interurban Line
> isn't there a "Washington Crossing"  with tracks then going to
> Little Washington and the other set to Charleroi?  I may be wrong?
> --
> Jerry "Matt" Matsick
> From Jacksonville
> Where FLORIDA begins!
>
> -------------- Original message from "Ken & Tracie" 
> <ktjosephson at embarqmail.com>: -------------- 
>
>
>> Thanks, Matt.
>>
>> K.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Barry, Matthew R"
>> To:
>> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:42 AM
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
>>
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>> > "Washington Crossing" as I knew it growing up in the Lawrenceville 
>> > section
>> > of Pittsburgh PA (Allegheny County) was the 40th Street Bridge. This
>> > bridge bears the name "Washington Crossing" on the side of the bridge, 
>> > as
>> > a kind of sub-name.
>> >
>> > The Pittsburgh Railways' Millvale Car House was probably about 200 feet
>> > away from this bridge, to the north, on the Millvale side of the 
>> > bridge,
>> > of course.
>> >
>> > Here are some links about it:
>> > http://www.venangoil.com/bridges40street.html
>> >
>> > http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(PA3565))
>> >
>> > Then again, Ken, I may be totally off the mark of your question, which
>> > may be about a town called "Washington Crossing."
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> > -----Original Message----- 
>> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Ken 
>> > &
>> > Tracie
>> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 1:29 PM
>> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> > Subject: [PRCo] Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
>> >
>> > Of topic, but is Washington Crossing near Washington or in Washington
>> > County?
>> >
>> > K.
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