[PRCo] PennDOT historical maps (was: West Penn Street Car??)

[Donald Galt]

On 22 Jun 2008 at 0:14, John Swindler wrote:

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> ...Ed Lybarger asked about some state highway county maps, and the following link might be of interest.  Includes some county maps circa 1915 that show streetcar rights of way.
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> http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRCartoMapsinPDFandDJVU?OpenForm
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> It will probably load very slowly, but is guanenteed to keep several on this list up very late tonight.  (:>)
>  

These are exactly the maps I had been hoping for, and had enquired about 
several months ago. Link them with the Penn Pilot aerial photos, and my grasp 
of electric railway geography is increased several fold.

At 6 to 10 megabytes per sheet, the maps do present a bit of a challenge to us 
dial-uppers. I wasted upwards of an hour in a vain attempt to get one on 
screen, but everything worked when I took the "save target as" route.

A pity that not all counties are covered by maps from the streetcar era 
(Luzerne is a particular disappointment); and the maps from the early part of 
the century are not particularly useful - essentially of the sort found in old 
atlases.

But Washington and Westmoreland are both represented by 1940 issues.

In many instances, the numbered insets show West Penn and PRCo in precise 
detail - for example the McClellandtown crossing.

So, thanks to John for unearthing these.

Don G