[PRCo] Re: Penn Pilot

[Jerry MATT Matsick]

Mark, Fred, Ed and gang,  Fred said he was waiting to hear what I had to say about the old Donora map, 
when I pull up the 1937-42 map of Donora, it is a "modern" or up todate map, and of course
I could not find a Donora Interurban anywhere?   HELP how do I get to an old map.
>From the RIVER CITY by the Sea! 
Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida ! 


-------------- Original message from "Mark McGuire" <macmarka at netzero.net>: -------------- 

Agreed Ed. I was mesmorized(sp.?) by the detail. You can see trolley cars in various locations including, of course, Tylerdale and Tunnel Yard. As you pointed out to me the reason I had trouble following the line north of Cheeseman 
> was because rt. 19 did not yet exist then. Perhaps I should reacquaint myself with the group by saying "Hi!" It has been 
> awhile since I posted. 
> 
> Mark 
> 
> -- "Edward H. Lybarger" wrote: 
> Some of us have been using this resource for two or three years now. Two 
> series of photos are available; two aren't yet ready. The latest is about 
> 1971. The 1956-61 and 1946-52 are not available, but that 1937-42 bunch is 
> a very valuable lot. 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org 
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Fred 
> Schneider 
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 5:26 PM 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> Subject: [PRCo] Penn Pilot 
> 
> Give you guys something to play with all weekend (if the wives don't have 
> something more important). 
> 
> Penn Pilot has a series of aerial photographs of the entire state of 
> Pennsylvania taken starting in 1937 and going up to the present. The 
> earlier 1937-1942 stuff is very high resolution. I can actually 
> pick out the trolley cars on a print of Lancaster city (3 miles x 3 
> miles) that measures about 3 feet by 3 feet. So I'm certain if someone is 
> nutty enough to do it (and are not all railfans nutty?), then you should be 
> able to look at the aerial photographs of Allegheny and Washington and 
> Fayette and Washington counties in 1940 and find the streetcars. 
> 
> The first link leads to the home page. 
> 
> The second link leads to a page I was looking at in Lancaster 
> County ... one of the April 24, 1940 views. I can guarantee as I'm 
> typing that you will have to paste it back together because it will be split 
> by the time you get it. 
> 
> I took one of the big prints of Lancaster City to the Lancaster County 
> Historical Society today and when I left, one of the research girls was on 
> line looking at Penn Pilot to see what else she could 
> find and marveling at the detail. I suggested that she would be 
> deserting her work and look at Lancaster from the air 68 years ago 
> all afternoon. She said, "Probably." 
> 
> 
> 
> http://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/ 
> 
> http://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/cgi-bin/mapserver?map=..%2Fhtdocs% 
> 2Fmapserver%2F40%2F42071%2Fm79080.map&layer=doqs&layer=countyu 
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