[PRCo] Re: Iceberg Ahead~!~!~!

[Fred Schneider]

Yes sir.   Look at page 224 of Stefan Lorant's Pittsburgh book.   The  
bridge in question is illustrated there.

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On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Fred Schneider wrote:
>
>> It is obviously looking from Penn on 6th, 7th or 9th toward the
>> Allegheny River because we can see the old PRR elevated structure.
>> That doesn't look like the old 6th Street bridge.
>
> Seventh St bridge was
> "a two-span suspension bridge (1884-1925) which had truss-bracing
> on catenaries holding two eyebar-chain cables in concentric arcs. This
> previous bridge was designed by Gustav Lindenthal three years after he
> built the Smithfield Street Bridge."
>