[PRCo] Re: Downtown Tunnels

[Fred Schneider]

Gee, they look like holes in the ground.  Not much different than my  
picture of the 2nd and Market subway station in Filthydelphia when  
someone took a can opener to it.

Signed:  Killjoy was here.

On Jan 24, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Bob Rathke wrote:

> Attached are three photos - the one that appeared in the newspaper  
> article
> (taken on 2/11/68) and a couple that I took on 6/23/68:
> - The view down the wood ramp (and with ladders on the wall at the  
> tunnel)
> was taken from 7th Avenue looking south toward the parking garage  
> on 6th St.
> and Bigelow Blvd.
>
> - The tunnels are not seen in the wide view of the large pit which  
> was taken
> from 7th Avenue looking toward Grant St. and the southwest.
>
> I have a copy of a large 1830 map of downtown Pittsburgh, and the  
> canal
> tunnel under Grant Hill is accurately shown in relationship to  
> streets that
> still exist.
>
> Bob 1/24/087
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rich Rockwell" <rrockwell at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:13 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Downtown Tunnels
>
>
>> I'd like to see the photos.  Thanks.
>>
>> And does anybody have a map showing the tunnels?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf  
>> Of Bob
>> Rathke
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:32 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Downtown Tunnels
>>
>> I've been in NYC since last week, and returned tonight.
>>
>> I photographed the excavation for the U.S. Steel Bldg.over a six  
>> month
>> period in 1968 when the two tunnels (PRR Panhandle line, and the  
>> 1800's
>> canal tunnel) were exposed.  I submitted several of these photos -  
>> and
>> other
>> historical information - to the Tribune-Review, but haven't see the
>> article(s) yet.
>>
>> I can post some of the photos to the PRC list if anyone's interested.
>>
>> Bob 1/23/08
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